BRIDGEND HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC175640 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-21

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.25M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,250,004

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1.3m

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.25M	£1.25M
Debtors	£2	£2
Net assets	£1.25M	£1.25M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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2025-10-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-27
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officers · CH01
2024-12-20
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accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2023-05-11
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officers · CH01
2023-05-11
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officers · CH01
2023-05-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-09
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officers · CH03
2023-03-22
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MCLAUGHLAN, Alan Daniel appointed
director
2023-03-22
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officers · AP01
2023-03-22
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officers · AP01
2023-03-21
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LOGAN, Angela Agnes appointed
director
2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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accounts · AA
2019-12-27
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accounts · AA
2018-12-13
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accounts · AA
2006-02-15
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LOGAN, Angela appointed
secretary
2006-02-15
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MCLAUGHLAN, Hugh resigned
secretary
1997-05-21
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Company incorporated
As BRIDGEND HOLDINGS LIMITED
1997-05-21
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MCLAUGHLAN, Alexander appointed
director
1997-05-21
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MCLAUGHLAN, Daniel Stewart appointed
director
1997-05-21
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MCLAUGHLAN, Hugh appointed
secretary
1997-05-21
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1997-05-21
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1997-05-21
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1997-05-21
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MCLAUGHLAN, Alan Daniel (same surname) appointed 2023-03-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alexander Allan Porter Mclaughlan Individual · British · DOB 06/1948 · age 78	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016
Mr Daniel Stewart Mclaughlan Individual · British · DOB 03/1945 · age 81	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-05-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Riverside Complex

Glasgow Road

Kilwinning

Ayrshire

KA13 7JB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-01

Last: 2025-05-18

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

LOGAN, Angela→

secretary · appointed 2006-02-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LOGAN, Angela Agnes→

director · ~52y · appointed 2023-03-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCLAUGHLAN, Alan Daniel→

director · ~51y · appointed 2023-03-22

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCLAUGHLAN, Alexander→

director · ~78y · appointed 1997-05-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCLAUGHLAN, Daniel Stewart→

director · ~81y · appointed 1997-05-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCLAUGHLAN, Hugh→

secretary · appointed 1997-05-21 · resigned 2006-02-15

Resigned

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-21 · resigned 1997-05-21

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1997-05-21 · resigned 1997-05-21

Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

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accounts · AA

2025-12-19

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-10-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-19

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-01-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2024-12-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-group

accounts · AA

2023-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-19

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-05-11

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-05-11

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-05-11

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-05-11

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2023-05-09

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-03-22

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-03-22