BRIGHTSTRAND INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC192925 · ltd · incorporated 1999-01-27
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 26.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (88/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 26.6y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (64/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
133 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £197,487
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £197.5k |
| Average employees | 11 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-12📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-11-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AAMD
- 2025-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-12-09➖CROSBY, Michael Noble resigneddirector
- 2003-09-10➖DERMOUT, Rene resigneddirector
- 2003-03-05➕SOWERSBY, Joyce appointeddirector
- 2001-08-01➕LAUNDER, Richard Nicholas appointeddirector
- 2001-07-02➕SOWERSBY, Joyce appointedsecretary
- 2001-02-06➖BRODIE, Charles Gilchrist resignedsecretary
- 2001-02-06➖BRODIE, Charles Gilchrist resigneddirector
- 1999-10-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1999-09-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1999-02-08➕MUSHETT, Alan Frederick appointeddirector
- 1999-02-08➕BRODIE, Charles Gilchrist appointedsecretary
- 1999-02-08➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-02-08➕BRODIE, Charles Gilchrist appointeddirector
- 1999-02-08➕CROSBY, Michael Noble appointeddirector
- 1999-02-08➕DERMOUT, Rene appointeddirector
- 1999-02-08➖JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1999-01-27🏢Company incorporatedAs BRIGHTSTRAND INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- 1999-01-27➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-01-27➕JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-01-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities
Registered office
10 Euclid Crescent
Dundee
DD1 1AG
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27
Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)
Active
LAUNDER, Richard Nicholas→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2001-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MUSHETT, Alan Frederick→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 1999-02-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SOWERSBY, Joyce→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2003-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRODIE, Charles Gilchrist→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-02-08 · resigned 2001-02-06
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-01-27 · resigned 1999-02-08
BRODIE, Charles Gilchrist→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 1999-02-08 · resigned 2001-02-06
CROSBY, Michael Noble→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 1999-02-08 · resigned 2012-12-09
DERMOUT, Rene→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 1999-02-08 · resigned 2003-09-10
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-01-27 · resigned 1999-02-08
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 15/10/1999 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 23/09/1999 | — |
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Recent filings (133 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-10
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AAMD
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28