SK BRUCE JOINERY MANUFACTURERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC346187 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-25
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
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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.

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£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees700700

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-07-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-07-30
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-07-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-07-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-08-01
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    address · AD01
  10. 2023-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-05-30
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  12. 2021-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-20
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-08-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2018-08-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2008-07-25
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    Company incorporated
    As SK BRUCE JOINERY MANUFACTURERS LIMITED
  19. 2008-07-25
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    BRUCE, Alexander George appointed
    director
  20. 2008-07-25
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    BRUCE, Margaret Karen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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

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
Alexander George Bruce
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/07/2016
Margaret Karen Bruce
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/07/2016

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
Incorporated2008-07-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Sk Bruce Joinery Manufacturer Ltd.
Westwood Estates
West Calder
EH55 8FL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-07
Last: 2025-07-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BRUCE, Alexander George→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-07-25
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Active
BRUCE, Margaret Karen→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30