BRAESIDE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC335116 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-11
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 9.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£91.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 9.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £91,931
Net assets shrinking
Down £49,337 YoY
Cash YoY
+30%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£26k
↑ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£92k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£36k
↑ 43% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£28k£57k£85k£113k£141kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£92.7k£142.2k
Current assets£35.6k£24.9k
Cash£26.4k£20.3k
Debtors£9.3k£4.6k
Net assets£91.9k£141.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-17
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  3. 2025-12-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-03
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  7. 2024-05-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-27
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  12. 2021-05-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-12
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2019-06-12
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2019-06-12
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  18. 2019-06-12
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2019-06-12
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  20. 2019-06-12
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  21. 2019-06-12
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #4
  22. 2019-06-12
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2017-07-10
    ➕
    COLLIE, Jane Beverley appointed
    director
  24. 2017-02-09
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  25. 2017-02-09
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  26. 2017-02-03
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  27. 2017-02-03
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  28. 2012-10-01
    ➕
    BURNETT & REID LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2012-09-30
    ➖
    BURNETT & REID resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2007-12-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRAESIDE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  31. 2007-12-11
    ➕
    COLLIE, Neil Duncan appointed
    director
  32. 2007-12-11
    ➕
    BURNETT & REID appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

1 med · 1 low
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Neil Duncan Collie
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Jane Beverley Collie
Individual · British · DOB 07/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-12-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

46 High Street
Grant Considine
Banchory
Kincardineshire
AB31 5SR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BURNETT & REID LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLIE, Jane Beverley→
director · ~52y · appointed 2017-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLIE, Neil Duncan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURNETT & REID→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-12-11 · resigned 2012-09-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge1 property09/02/201712/06/2019
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge1 property09/02/201712/06/2019
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge1 property03/02/201712/06/2019
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge—03/02/201712/06/2019

Recent filings (58 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2024-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-22