BRINDLEY ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC290803 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-23
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.5 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees13001300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-10-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-10-12
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2024-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-09-18
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  8. 2024-08-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2023-12-07
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  10. 2023-12-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2023-12-06
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  12. 2023-12-06
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2023-11-23
    ➕
    MOORE, Laura Elizabeth appointed
    director
  14. 2023-10-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-09-01
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  18. 2022-08-30
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  19. 2022-08-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2022-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2022-05-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  22. 2018-01-31
    ➖
    SIMPSON, Joanne Dawn resigned
    director
  23. 2018-01-19
    ➖
    MACFARLANE, Andrew James resigned
    secretary
  24. 2018-01-19
    ➖
    BRINDLEY, Joanne resigned
    director
  25. 2017-11-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2015-10-26
    ➕
    SIMPSON, Joanne Dawn appointed
    director
  27. 2010-03-17
    ➕
    WILKIE, Ross William appointed
    director
  28. 2005-09-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BRINDLEY ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  29. 2005-09-23
    ➕
    MACFARLANE, Andrew James appointed
    secretary
  30. 2005-09-23
    ➕
    BRINDLEY, Joanne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • 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
Mr Ross William Wilkie
Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Joanne Brindleyceased 06/08/2019· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-09-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Dolphin House
4 Hunter Square
Edinburgh
EH1 1QW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-08
Last: 2025-09-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MOORE, Laura Elizabeth→
director · ~59y · appointed 2023-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILKIE, Ross William→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACFARLANE, Andrew James→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-23 · resigned 2018-01-19
Resigned
BRINDLEY, Joanne→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-09-23 · resigned 2018-01-19
Resigned
SIMPSON, Joanne Dawn→
director · ~48y · appointed 2015-10-26 · resigned 2018-01-31
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
A registered charge—23/11/2017—
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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2024-09-18
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-08-27
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-12-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-07
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-12-06
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-06