BRIAN DAVIDSON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC192636 · ltd · incorporated 1999-01-18
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees700800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-04-21
    ➕
    DAVIDSON, Craig appointed
    director
  4. 2025-04-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-07
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2023-11-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-05
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2018-06-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  16. 2018-06-12
    ➖
    MAILLIET, Jacqueline Elisabeth Catherine resigned
    secretary
  17. 2018-06-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2014-02-25
    ➕
    MAILLIET, Jacqueline Elisabeth Catherine appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-07-08
    ➕
    DAVIDSON, Craig appointed
    secretary
  22. 2009-07-08
    ➖
    MAILLIET, Jacqueline Elisabeth Catherine resigned
    secretary
  23. 1999-01-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRIAN DAVIDSON LIMITED
  24. 1999-01-18
    ➕
    DAVIDSON, Brian appointed
    director
  25. 1999-01-18
    ➕
    MAILLIET, Jacqueline Elisabeth Catherine appointed
    secretary
  26. 1999-01-18
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1999-01-18
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DAVIDSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DAVIDSON, Craig (same surname) appointed 2025-04-21. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Davidson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Jacqueline Elizabeth Catherine Mailliet
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-01-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 14 City Quay
Dundee
DD1 3JA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-01
Last: 2026-01-18

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DAVIDSON, Craig→
secretary · appointed 2009-07-08
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Active
DAVIDSON, Brian→
director · ~68y · appointed 1999-01-18
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Active
DAVIDSON, Craig→
director · ~39y · appointed 2025-04-21
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Active
MAILLIET, Jacqueline Elisabeth Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2014-02-25 · resigned 2018-06-12
Resigned
MAILLIET, Jacqueline Elisabeth Catherine→
secretary · appointed 1999-01-18 · resigned 2009-07-08
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-01-18 · resigned 1999-01-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge—25/06/201807/11/2023

Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-24