BRAIDWOOD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC235866 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-23
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 19.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£599.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 19.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.6 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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
64 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £599,845
Net assets shrinking
Down £75,483 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£600k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£950k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £684.9k | £772.6k |
| Current assets | £950.0k | £1.13M |
| Debtors | £-15.5k | £-25.1k |
| Net assets | £599.8k | £675.3k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-06📄accounts-amended-with-made-up-dateaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-12-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-08-17➕HOGARTH, Jack appointeddirector
- 2017-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-22📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2006-11-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2006-09-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2006-09-01➕HOGARTH, Jacqueline Helen Fradley appointeddirector
- 2002-08-23🏢Company incorporatedAs BRAIDWOOD MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
- 2002-08-23➕HOGARTH, Jacqueline Helen Fradley appointedsecretary
- 2002-08-23➕HOGARTH, Neil appointeddirector
- 2002-08-23➕ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2002-08-23➖ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2002-08-23➕ACS NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2002-08-23➖ACS NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacqueline Helen Fradley Hogarth Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Jack Hogarth Individual · British · DOB 09/1990 · age 36 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Neil Hogarthceased 17/03/2017· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-08-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Registered office
16 Drumshoreland Road
Pumpherston
West Lothian
EH53 0LN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
HOGARTH, Jacqueline Helen Fradley→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-08-23
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HOGARTH, Jack→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2017-08-17
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HOGARTH, Jacqueline Helen Fradley→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2006-09-01
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HOGARTH, Neil→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2002-08-23
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ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2002-08-23 · resigned 2002-08-23
ACS NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2002-08-23 · resigned 2002-08-23
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 15/11/2006 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 28/09/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (64 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
accounts · AAMD
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-12-02