BROWN & MUIR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC393129 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-09
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£611.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
40 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £611,065
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,055 YoY
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£551k
↑ 3.0% YoY
Net Worth
£611k
↓ 1.1% YoY
Current Assets
£646k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£129k£259k£388k£517k£646kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£619.4k£623.8k
Current assets£645.9k£646.4k
Cash£551.0k£535.0k
Debtors£92.2k£108.2k
Net assets£611.1k£618.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-09-11
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  3. 2024-02-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-02-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-28
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  7. 2021-08-03
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  8. 2020-10-28
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  9. 2019-10-10
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  10. 2018-10-05
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  11. 2017-07-27
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  12. 2016-08-09
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  13. 2016-02-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-10-13
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    accounts · AAMD
  15. 2015-10-01
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-02-28
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    COCHRANE, Cameron appointed
    director
  17. 2011-02-28
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    COCHRANE, Sheila appointed
    director
  18. 2011-02-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BROWN & MUIR LIMITED
  19. 2011-02-09
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    secretary
  20. 2011-02-09
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    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    secretary
  21. 2011-02-09
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    director
  22. 2011-02-09
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    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    director
  23. 2011-02-09
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    director
  24. 2011-02-09
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    director

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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

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
Mrs Sheila Cochrane
Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting09/02/2024
Mr Cameron Cochrane
Individual · British · DOB 03/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-02-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

1-3 West Port
Selkirk
Borders
TD7 4DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

COCHRANE, Cameron→
director · ~51y · appointed 2011-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COCHRANE, Sheila→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAINER, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-09 · resigned 2011-02-09
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-02-09 · resigned 2011-02-09
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-02-09 · resigned 2011-02-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-10