BRAESIDE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC267916 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-14

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 6.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£3.10M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 6.3y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 6.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £3,103,385

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£319k

Net Worth

£3.1m

Current Assets

£550k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-30	2024-08-30
Total assets	£5.72M	—
Current assets	£550.2k	—
Cash	£319.2k	—
Debtors	£94.4k	—
Net assets	£3.10M	—
Average employees	—	3500

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

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1 signal 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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-14
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MURRAY, Ella Victoria appointed
director
2024-05-14
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MURRAY, Jack Alexander appointed
director
2024-04-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-16
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-02-16
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-02-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-15
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-02-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-14
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-01
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FORSYTH, Donald Campbell appointed
director
2022-04-01
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
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MURRAY, Constance appointed
director
2020-07-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2020-07-22
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2020-01-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2009-08-31
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MURRAY, Kathleen Margaret resigned
secretary
2009-08-31
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MURRAY, Kathleen Margaret resigned
director
2004-05-24
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-05-24
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-05-14
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Company incorporated
As BRAESIDE LIMITED
2004-05-14
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MURRAY, Thomas Ross Fairbairn appointed
director
2004-05-14
➕
MURRAY, Kathleen Margaret appointed
secretary
2004-05-14
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-05-14
➕
MURRAY, Kathleen Margaret appointed
director
2004-05-14
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Thomas Ross Fairbairn Murray Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-05-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

The Mansefield Hotel

Mayne Road

Elgin

IV30 1NY

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-30

Last made up to: 2025-08-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last: 2026-02-14