FRASER BRUCE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC309149 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-25
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
£46
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £46

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£46
↑ 4.5% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£9£18£28£37£46Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Total assets£46£44
Debtors£5.7k£5.7k
Net assets£46£44

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-01
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  3. 2024-10-25
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-30
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  5. 2023-01-30
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  6. 2021-10-27
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  7. 2020-11-24
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  8. 2019-10-31
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  9. 2018-10-31
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  10. 2017-10-31
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  11. 2016-10-31
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  12. 2015-09-25
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  13. 2015-08-28
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  14. 2014-10-30
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  15. 2014-09-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2006-09-25
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    Company incorporated
    As FRASER BRUCE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  17. 2006-09-25
    ➕
    BRUCE, Maureen Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-09-25
    ➕
    BRUCE, Andrew Fraser appointed
    director
  19. 2006-09-25
    ➕
    BRUCE, Euan Fraser appointed
    director
  20. 2006-09-25
    ➕
    BRUCE, Jamie Ross appointed
    director
  21. 2006-09-25
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-09-25
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-09-25
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-09-25
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRUCE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Fraser Bruce
Individual · British · DOB 01/1947 · age 79
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-09-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Mill Hall
Stirling
FK7 7LT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BRUCE, Maureen Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRUCE, Andrew Fraser→
director · ~79y · appointed 2006-09-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRUCE, Euan Fraser→
director · ~53y · appointed 2006-09-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRUCE, Jamie Ross→
director · ~50y · appointed 2006-09-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-25 · resigned 2006-09-25
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-09-25 · resigned 2006-09-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-30