B&G BRANKIN DUNDEE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC618333 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-16
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
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Painting
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-22
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2021-10-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-09
    BRANKIN, Michael William resigned
    director
  10. 2020-05-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2020-05-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-05-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-01-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As B&G BRANKIN DUNDEE LIMITED
  14. 2019-01-16
    BRANKIN, Barry Alexander appointed
    director
  15. 2019-01-16
    BRANKIN, Grant Hendry appointed
    director
  16. 2019-01-16
    BRANKIN, Michael William appointed
    director
  17. 2019-01-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRANKIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Grant Hendry Brankin
Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1980 · age 46
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/01/2019
Mr Barry Alexander Brankin
Individual · British · DOB 03/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/01/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Michael William Brankinceased 09/05/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2019-01-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43341 — Painting

Registered office

17 Ash Street
Dundee
DD1 5AR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last: 2025-11-21

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BRANKIN, Barry Alexander
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-01-16
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Active
BRANKIN, Grant Hendry
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-01-16
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Active
BRANKIN, Michael William
director · ~50y · appointed 2019-01-16 · resigned 2020-05-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-12-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-05-09