WM BROWN & CO (MAINTENANCE) LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC271270 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-28

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	23	2200

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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accounts · AA
2025-04-24
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accounts · AA
2025-04-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
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accounts · AA
2023-02-17
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CURRAN, Richard Euan appointed
director
2023-02-17
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TIMMINS, Allan John appointed
director
2023-02-17
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officers · AP01
2023-02-17
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officers · AP01
2023-02-16
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TIMMINS, Allan John appointed
secretary
2023-02-16
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officers · AP03
2022-04-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-20
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GRAHAM, John appointed
director
2020-07-20
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officers · AP01
2020-04-28
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accounts · AA
2019-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-01
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address · AD01
2018-04-30
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accounts · AA
2015-01-14
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CROSSAN, Pauline Alexandrina resigned
secretary
2004-07-28
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Company incorporated
As WM BROWN & CO (MAINTENANCE) LTD.
2004-07-28
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KILPATRICK, Colin appointed
director
2004-07-28
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CROSSAN, Pauline Alexandrina appointed
secretary
2004-07-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-07-28
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-07-28
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-07-28
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

50/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 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.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin Alexander Kilpatrick Individual · British · DOB 12/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	28/07/2016
Ms Pauline Alexandrina Crossan Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-07-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

37 James Watt Place

East Kilbride

Glasgow

G74 5HG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-11

Last: 2025-07-28