KEITH BRAITHWAITE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC422344 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-20

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£5.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Electrical installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,307

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,212 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£9k

Net Worth

£5k

↓ 44% YoY

Current Assets

£18k

↓ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£5.3k	£11.6k
Current assets	£18.4k	£21.7k
Cash	£8.6k	—
Debtors	£9.1k	—
Net assets	£5.3k	£9.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-11-19
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2024-09-11
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accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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2022-11-03
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accounts · AA
2022-01-19
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accounts · AA
2020-12-16
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2019-08-23
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accounts · AA
2018-12-07
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accounts · AA
2017-07-11
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accounts · AA
2017-01-09
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address · AD01
2017-01-06
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officers · CH03
2017-01-06
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officers · CH01
2016-11-17
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accounts · AA
2016-05-16
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2015-06-29
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accounts · AA
2012-04-20
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Company incorporated
As KEITH BRAITHWAITE LIMITED
2012-04-20
➕
BRAITHWAITE, Jane Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2012-04-20
➕
BRAITHWAITE, Keith 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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRAITHWAITE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Keith Braithwaite Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/05/2016

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

Incorporated2012-04-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

12 Kingfisher Grove

Melrose Gait

Galashiels

TD1 2QH

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-04

Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BRAITHWAITE, Jane Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2012-04-20

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Active

BRAITHWAITE, Keith→

director · ~66y · appointed 2012-04-20

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