SEIVWRIGHT BROTHERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC234623 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-26
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 23.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.2y

60/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
93 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.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £3,071,169

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Profit before tax£3.07M£2.64M
Average employees737000

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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  2. 2025-04-24
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  3. 2024-09-30
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  4. 2023-10-16
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  5. 2023-04-17
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  6. 2023-04-17
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  7. 2022-09-28
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  8. 2022-06-23
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  9. 2022-06-23
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  10. 2021-10-04
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  11. 2021-06-07
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  15. 2021-06-07
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  16. 2021-06-07
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  17. 2021-06-07
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  18. 2021-06-07
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  19. 2021-06-07
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  20. 2015-03-26
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    SEIVWRIGHT, Kenneth Alexander resigned
    director
  21. 2015-02-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  22. 2008-08-08
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    SEIVWRIGHT, Alasdair James appointed
    director
  23. 2008-08-08
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    SEIVWRIGHT, Evelyn resigned
    secretary
  24. 2003-02-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  25. 2002-07-26
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    Company incorporated
    As SEIVWRIGHT BROTHERS LIMITED
  26. 2002-07-26
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    SEIVWRIGHT, Charles Alasdair appointed
    director
  27. 2002-07-26
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    SEIVWRIGHT, Evelyn appointed
    secretary
  28. 2002-07-26
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2002-07-26
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2002-07-26
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    SEIVWRIGHT, Kenneth Alexander appointed
    director
  31. 2002-07-26
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2002-07-26
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "SEIVWRIGHT" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 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 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alasdair James Seivwright
Individual · British · DOB 03/1978 · age 48
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Charles Alasdair Seivwrightceased 08/03/2023· 25-50% shares

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-07-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Slackdale
Cornhill
Banff
AB45 2UX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SEIVWRIGHT, Alasdair James→
director · ~48y · appointed 2008-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEIVWRIGHT, Charles Alasdair→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-07-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SEIVWRIGHT, Evelyn→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-26 · resigned 2008-08-08
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-26 · resigned 2002-07-26
Resigned
SEIVWRIGHT, Kenneth Alexander→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-07-26 · resigned 2015-03-26
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-26 · resigned 2002-07-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge—17/02/2015—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property12/02/2003—
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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-04