BRODIES FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC234454 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-23

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 23.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Funeral and related activities

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 6 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

6 live charges · oldest 23.4y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 23.4 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: high (80/100)

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

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Gross profit	—	£1.01M
Operating profit	—	£377.2k
Profit before tax	—	£391.6k
Average employees	2300	2400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-10-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-08-04
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-07-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-08-11
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-07-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2013-08-14
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2004-05-28
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Charge registered #6
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2004-05-28
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2004-05-28
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2004-05-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2004-05-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2004-05-24
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BRODIE, Wilma Fleming appointed
secretary
2004-05-24
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BRODIE, Wilma Fleming appointed
director
2004-05-24
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KENNY, Fiona resigned
secretary
2004-05-24
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BRODIE, Agnes resigned
director
2004-05-24
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BRODIE, Alison Mary resigned
director
2004-05-24
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KENNY, Fiona resigned
director
2002-11-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2002-07-30
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BRODIE, Agnes appointed
director
2002-07-30
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BRODIE, Alison Mary appointed
director
2002-07-23
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Company incorporated
As BRODIES FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED
2002-07-23
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BRODIE, James appointed
director
2002-07-23
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KENNY, Fiona appointed
secretary
2002-07-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-07-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-07-23
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KENNY, Fiona appointed
director

Owner dependency

99/100

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 "BRODIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 low

6 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Brodie Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59	50–75%	50–75%	board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence	25/07/2016
Mrs Wilma Fleming Brodie Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence	25/07/2016

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

Incorporated2002-07-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96030 — Funeral and related activities

Registered office

9 West Main Street

Harthill

ML7 5QD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-06

Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BRODIE, Wilma Fleming→

secretary · appointed 2004-05-24

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Active

BRODIE, James→

director · ~59y · appointed 2002-07-23

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Active

BRODIE, Wilma Fleming→

director · ~58y · appointed 2004-05-24

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Active

KENNY, Fiona→

secretary · appointed 2002-07-23 · resigned 2004-05-24

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-23 · resigned 2002-07-23

Resigned

BRODIE, Agnes→

director · ~88y · appointed 2002-07-30 · resigned 2004-05-24

Resigned

BRODIE, Alison Mary→

director · ~58y · appointed 2002-07-30 · resigned 2004-05-24

Resigned

KENNY, Fiona→

director · ~58y · appointed 2002-07-23 · resigned 2004-05-24

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	28/05/2004	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	28/05/2004	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	28/05/2004	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	28/05/2004	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Standard security	1 property	28/05/2004	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland	Bond & floating charge	1 property	18/11/2002	—

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