MALCOLM OF BROOKFIELD LIMITED

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SC269566 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-21

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£-1.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,180

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£1k

↓ 29% YoY

Current Assets

£818

↓ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£-1.2k	£-915
Current assets	£818	£1.1k
Net assets	£-1.2k	£-915

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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2023-02-01
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2021-12-15
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2021-04-12
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2020-02-24
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2019-03-20
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2004-07-22
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STEWART, Charles Roderick appointed
secretary
2004-07-22
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MALCOLM, Andrew Buchanan appointed
director
2004-07-22
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MALCOLM, Walter Hattrick appointed
director
2004-07-22
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MACROBERTS - (FIRM) resigned
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2004-07-22
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MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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2004-06-21
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Company incorporated
As MALCOLM OF BROOKFIELD LIMITED
2004-06-21
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MACROBERTS - (FIRM) appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-06-21
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MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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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 "MALCOLM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Charles Roderick Stewart Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2004-06-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Brookfield House

2 Burnbrae Drive

Linwood

PA3 3BU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-05

Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

STEWART, Charles Roderick→

secretary · appointed 2004-07-22

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Active

MALCOLM, Andrew Buchanan→

director · ~64y · appointed 2004-07-22

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Active

MALCOLM, Walter Hattrick→

director · ~66y · appointed 2004-07-22

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Active

MACROBERTS - (FIRM)→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-21 · resigned 2004-07-22

Resigned

MACROBERTS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-21 · resigned 2004-07-22

Resigned

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