BRAIDPARK LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC239372 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-08
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 21.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.4y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.4 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: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,236

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
↑ 472% YoY
Current Assets
£25k
↓ 6.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£11k£16k£22k£27kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£8.6k£15.1k
Current assets£25.1k£26.9k
Net assets£3.2k£566

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-10
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  3. 2023-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2023-01-27
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-11-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-11-06
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-08-01
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    FREELAND, Sharon appointed
    director
  17. 2004-12-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2002-11-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BRAIDPARK LTD.
  19. 2002-11-08
    ➕
    LIVINGSTON, Janette Topping appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-11-08
    ➕
    LIVINGSTON, Edward appointed
    director
  21. 2002-11-08
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    LIVINGSTON, Janette Topping appointed
    director
  22. 2002-11-08
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-11-08
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-11-08
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-11-08
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mrs Sharon Freeland
Individual · British · DOB 06/1979 · age 47
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-11-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

2 Marshall Place
Perth
Perth And Kinross
PH2 8AH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

LIVINGSTON, Janette Topping→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-08
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Active
FREELAND, Sharon→
director · ~47y · appointed 2011-08-01
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Active
LIVINGSTON, Edward→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-11-08
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Active
LIVINGSTON, Janette Topping→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-11-08
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-08 · resigned 2002-11-08
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-08 · resigned 2002-11-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property21/12/2004—
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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-12