BRIGSTON & CO WHOLESALE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC623627 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-08

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£2.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of meat and meat products

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (78/100)

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, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

14 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,150

Cash YoY

+49%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3k

↑ 49% YoY

Net Worth

£2k

↑ 230% YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£4.2k	£1.8k
Current assets	£6.7k	£7.7k
Cash	£3.4k	£2.3k
Debtors	£2.7k	£4.8k
Net assets	£2.1k	£-1.6k

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

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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

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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2024-12-24
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2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2022-12-19
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2021-12-23
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accounts · AA
2020-11-27
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accounts · AA
2019-03-08
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Company incorporated
As BRIGSTON & CO WHOLESALE LIMITED
2019-03-08
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DRYSDALE, Claire appointed
director
2019-03-08
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MCGREGOR, Euan Reid appointed
director
2019-03-08
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Euan Reid Mcgregor Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	08/03/2019
Ms Claire Drysdale Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	08/03/2019

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

Incorporated2019-03-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46320 — Wholesale of meat and meat products

Registered office

Farries, Kirk & Mcvean Dumfries Enterprise Park

Heathhall

Dumfries

DG1 3SJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-21

Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DRYSDALE, Claire→

director · ~54y · appointed 2019-03-08

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MCGREGOR, Euan Reid→

director · ~53y · appointed 2019-03-08

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