BRANNOCK DECORATORS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC218053 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-11
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 18.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£419.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Painting
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 18.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.2 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.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 2 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £419,305
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£410k
↑ 2.8% YoY
Net Worth
£419k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£551k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£127k£254k£382k£509k£636kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£419.3k£358.3k
Current assets£551.2k£636.1k
Cash£409.8k£398.8k
Debtors£141.3k£237.3k
Net assets£419.3k£352.1k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
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  4. 2022-07-29
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  5. 2021-10-20
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  6. 2020-12-02
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  7. 2019-06-13
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  8. 2018-07-09
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  9. 2018-02-12
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  10. 2017-10-16
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  11. 2016-08-25
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  12. 2016-06-27
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  13. 2015-08-03
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  14. 2015-07-03
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  15. 2014-06-26
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  16. 2010-03-09
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    DOWNIE, Marion appointed
    secretary
  17. 2010-03-09
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    PARKER, Gwen resigned
    secretary
  18. 2008-09-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2008-02-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2004-06-10
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    PARKER, Gwen appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-06-10
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    MARTIN AITKEN & CO resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2002-03-01
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    PARKER, William appointed
    director
  23. 2001-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BRANNOCK DECORATORS LTD.
  24. 2001-04-11
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    BURNS, John Francis appointed
    director
  25. 2001-04-11
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-04-11
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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  27. 2001-04-11
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    MARTIN AITKEN & CO appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2001-04-11
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2001-04-11
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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  30. 2001-04-11
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2001-04-11
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Francis Burns
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
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
Incorporated2001-04-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43341 — Painting

Registered office

24 Main Street
Cleland
Motherwell
ML1 5QN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

DOWNIE, Marion→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-09
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Active
BURNS, John Francis→
director · ~63y · appointed 2001-04-11
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Active
PARKER, William→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-03-01
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Active
PARKER, Gwen→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-10 · resigned 2010-03-09
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-11 · resigned 2001-04-11
Resigned
MARTIN AITKEN & CO→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-04-11 · resigned 2004-06-10
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-11 · resigned 2001-04-11
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-11 · resigned 2001-04-11
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property01/09/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property28/02/2008—
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Recent filings (79 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
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2025-06-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
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accounts · AA
2024-11-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
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accounts · AA
2023-06-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-18
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accounts · AA
2020-12-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-13