BRIARTEN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC290126 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-09
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 20.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
65 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-01
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  2. 2024-09-25
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  3. 2024-09-25
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  4. 2024-07-04
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  5. 2023-08-01
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  6. 2022-06-29
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  7. 2021-06-03
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  8. 2020-10-01
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  9. 2019-10-16
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  10. 2019-10-03
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  11. 2019-06-25
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  12. 2018-05-01
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  13. 2017-09-22
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  14. 2017-07-11
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  15. 2014-10-01
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    KEANE, Robert appointed
    director
  16. 2014-10-01
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    KEANE, Robin resigned
    director
  17. 2013-06-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2005-11-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  19. 2005-10-26
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    MARTIN, Mary Catherine appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-10-26
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    MARTIN, Mary Catherine appointed
    director
  21. 2005-10-26
    ➖
    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-10-26
    ➕
    KEANE, Robin appointed
    director
  23. 2005-10-26
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    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2005-09-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BRIARTEN LIMITED
  25. 2005-09-09
    ➕
    P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-09-09
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    P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Antony Keane
Individual · Irish · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · firm interest09/09/2016
Miss Mary Catherine Martin
Individual · Irish · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest09/09/2016

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
Incorporated2005-09-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

43-45 Market Street
Aberdeen
AB11 5EL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MARTIN, Mary Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-26
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Active
KEANE, Robert→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-10-01
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Active
MARTIN, Mary Catherine→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-10-26
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Active
P & W SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-09 · resigned 2005-10-26
Resigned
KEANE, Robin→
director · ~46y · appointed 2005-10-26 · resigned 2014-10-01
Resigned
P & W DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-09 · resigned 2005-10-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
Floating charge1 property10/11/200514/06/2013

Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-07-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-18