THE BRAE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED

🌳Matureactive

SC205733 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2000-03-31

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 19.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.2y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 19.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

17 officers (9 active, 17 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

110 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	7	900

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

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2 signals 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

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2026-04-10
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officers · CH01
2026-04-09
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officers · AP01
2025-12-22
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accounts · AA
2025-08-05
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NISSEN, Ingela Margareta Kassander appointed
director
2024-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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accounts · AA
2023-11-03
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officers · TM01
2023-10-05
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PARKINSON, Janet Wyn resigned
director
2023-01-26
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officers · TM01
2022-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-06
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MACINTOSH, Alison resigned
director
2021-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-29
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officers · AP01
2018-11-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-11-21
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CROZIER, Alistair William Murray, Dr appointed
director
2018-08-03
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WHITEFORD, Robert Leggat resigned
director
2017-12-23
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accounts · AA
2012-07-12
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Charge satisfied #2
2011-10-24
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MISKELL, Yvonne Elizabeth Frances resigned
secretary
2011-09-27
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LONGAIR, Ian Miller appointed
secretary
2011-01-18
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LONGAIR, Ian Miller appointed
director
2011-01-18
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WHITEFORD, Robert Leggat appointed
director
2010-11-01
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ROLFE, Susan Caroline resigned
director
2010-09-23
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FULLERTON, Lesley appointed
director
2008-07-01
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MCGOVERN, Norma appointed
director
2008-05-31
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DOYLE, David Alexander appointed
director
2007-07-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Sir Timothy Mile Bindon Rice and Another
2007-03-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Big Lottery Fund
2007-03-05
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BURNETT, Lesley Anne resigned
director
2006-04-21
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MACINTOSH, Alison appointed
director
2004-08-26
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MISKELL, Yvonne Elizabeth Frances appointed
secretary
2004-08-26
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STRACHAN, Andrew George resigned
secretary
2001-10-15
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ROLFE, Susan Caroline resigned
secretary
2001-10-15
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STRACHAN, Andrew George appointed
secretary
2000-03-31
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Company incorporated
As THE BRAE RIDING FOR THE DISABLED
2000-03-31
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DOYLE, Alison Morag appointed
director
2000-03-31
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MISKELL, Yvonne Elizabeth Frances appointed
director
2000-03-31
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ROLFE, Susan Caroline appointed
secretary
2000-03-31
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BURNETT, Lesley Anne appointed
director
2000-03-31
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PARKINSON, Janet Wyn appointed
director
2000-03-31
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ROLFE, Susan Caroline appointed
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

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2000-03-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

1 Linlathen Grove

Dundee

Angus

DD5 3GL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31