STRATHBRAAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC440010 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-10
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£1.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 55209Other holiday and other collective accommodation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 83). 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, 2 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
30 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
70
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,932

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
↑ 6132% YoY
Current Assets
£60k
↑ 8.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£12k£24k£36k£48k£60kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£2.05M£2.05M
Current assets£59.7k£55.2k
Net assets£1.9k£31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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  2. 2024-10-28
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  3. 2023-10-30
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  4. 2023-01-24
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    BRYCE, Margaret Ann appointed
    director
  5. 2023-01-24
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    BRYCE, John Struthers resigned
    director
  6. 2023-01-24
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-01-24
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-10-27
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-30
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    BRYCE, John Struthers appointed
    director
  10. 2022-08-30
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  11. 2021-10-21
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  12. 2021-01-22
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  13. 2019-10-23
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  14. 2018-10-17
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  15. 2017-10-02
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  16. 2016-10-14
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  17. 2016-01-12
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  18. 2013-01-10
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    Company incorporated
    As STRATHBRAAN LIMITED
  19. 2013-01-10
    ➕
    BRYCE, Graham Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham Robert Bryce
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Luciana Magdelena Bryce
Individual · Romanian · DOB 01/1974 · 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-01-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Tomnagrew
Dunkeld
Dunkeld
Perthshire
PH8 0BX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BRYCE, Graham Robert→
director · ~58y · appointed 2013-01-10
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Active
BRYCE, Margaret Ann→
director · ~83y · appointed 2023-01-24
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Active
BRYCE, John Struthers→
director · ~83y · appointed 2022-08-30 · resigned 2023-01-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22