BRIARLEA LANDSCAPES AND DRIVEWAYS SCOTLAND LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC392377 · ltd · incorporated 2011-01-27
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 8.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 8.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 3500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-16📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-02-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-02-01➕GEMMELL, David appointeddirector
- 2020-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-06📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-10-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-12-13🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2017-12-13🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2017-11-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2017-09-08➕CUMMINGS, Julie appointeddirector
- 2015-05-19➕CUMMINGS, Andrew Joseph appointeddirector
- 2015-05-19➖CUMMINGS, Julie Anne resigneddirector
- 2011-01-28➕CUMMINGS, Alexander appointedsecretary
- 2011-01-27🏢Company incorporatedAs BRIARLEA LANDSCAPES AND DRIVEWAYS SCOTLAND LTD
- 2011-01-27➕CUMMINGS, Julie Anne appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Briarlea Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Briarlea Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BRIARLEA LANDSCAPES AND DRIVEWAYS SCOTLAND LTD
This company · SC392377
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Briarlea Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/04/2022 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Andrew Cummingsceased 01/04/2022· 25-50% shares
- Mrs Julie Cummingsceased 01/04/2022· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-01-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities
Registered office
Briarlea Display Centre Briarlea Estate
Lanark Road
Larkhall
ML9 2UE
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
CUMMINGS, Alexander→
Activesecretary · appointed 2011-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CUMMINGS, Andrew Joseph→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2015-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CUMMINGS, Julie→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2017-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GEMMELL, David→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2021-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CUMMINGS, Julie Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2011-01-27 · resigned 2015-05-19
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/12/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/12/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 23/11/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (51 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-02-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-08