BRAEMARA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC202577 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-22

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 24.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£786.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 24.9y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £786,666

Cash YoY

+737%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£130k

↑ 737% YoY

Net Worth

£787k

↑ 3.1% YoY

Current Assets

£214k

↑ 356% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£816.7k	£821.3k
Current assets	£213.6k	£46.8k
Cash	£130.0k	£15.5k
Debtors	£83.6k	£31.3k
Net assets	£786.7k	£762.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-11-27
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accounts · AA
2024-11-26
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-11-26
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-11-26
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Charge satisfied #2
2024-11-26
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-17
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-01
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mortgage · MR05
2021-11-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-12
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mortgage-charge-part-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2019-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2009-12-22
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NAVER LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-01-05
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BODY, Teda Ann resigned
secretary
2004-01-05
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NAVER LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2002-03-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2001-06-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1999-12-22
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Company incorporated
As BRAEMARA LIMITED
1999-12-22
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BODY, Peter John appointed
director
1999-12-22
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BODY, Teda Ann appointed
director
1999-12-22
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BODY, Teda Ann appointed
secretary
1999-12-22
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-12-22
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 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

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mrs Teda Ann Body Individual · British · DOB 05/1945 · age 81	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/09/2024
Mr Peter John Body Individual · British · DOB 04/1946 · age 80	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	22/12/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-12-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Braemara

Scarfskerry

Thurso

Caithness

KW14 8XW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BODY, Peter John→

director · ~80y · appointed 1999-12-22

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Active

BODY, Teda Ann→

director · ~81y · appointed 1999-12-22

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Active

BODY, Teda Ann→

secretary · appointed 1999-12-22 · resigned 2004-01-05

Resigned

NAVER LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-01-05 · resigned 2009-12-22

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-22 · resigned 1999-12-22

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Standard security	1 property	05/03/2002	26/11/2024
	satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	14/06/2001	26/11/2024

Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-11-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-25

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2024-11-26

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2024-11-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-11-21

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-09-17

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2024-09-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-14

mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-number

mortgage · MR05

2022-06-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-02-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-11-09