BRAEMAR CREATIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC669163 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-29
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). 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 (75/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees1

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
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  2. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-11-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-04-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-02-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2025-01-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-07-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-10-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2022-06-07
    📍
    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  15. 2022-06-07
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  16. 2022-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-07-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRAEMAR CREATIONS LTD
  18. 2020-07-29
    MILLER, Nigel Balfour appointed
    director
  19. 2020-07-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nigel Balfour Miller
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/07/2020

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
Incorporated2020-07-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Firegroup House
5 Stenhouse Mill Wynd
Edinburgh
EH11 3XX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MILLER, Nigel Balfour
director · ~65y · appointed 2020-07-29
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Recent filings (23 total)

change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-05
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-05