BRAEHILL BUILDING & LANDSCAPING LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC713588 · ltd · incorporated 2021-10-29
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£9.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (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
75
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £9,548

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£10k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£41k
↑ 79% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£8k£17k£25k£33k£41kOct 2023Oct 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£43.3k£21.1k
Current assets£41.4k£23.0k
Net assets£9.5k£6.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-07-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-13
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-06-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-10-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRAEHILL BUILDING & LANDSCAPING LTD
  8. 2021-10-29
    CAMPBELL, Bryan appointed
    director
  9. 2021-10-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bryan Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 03/1985 · age 41
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/10/2021

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Construction · EH postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
BIELSIDE PROPERTIES LIMITED
SC252782 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
22y
BO’NESS DECOR LTD
SC770065 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
BOLAND HOLDINGS LIMITED
SC090936 · est 1984 · no financials extracted
41y
BOND 2 SUCCEED LTD
SC793998 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
BONNYRIGG ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED
SC839331 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
BORDERS ELITE LIMITED
SC815552 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
BORDERS TASK BUSTERS LTD
SC869998 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
BOYD BROTHERS (FAULDHOUSE) LIMITED
SC080852 · est 1982 · no financials extracted
43y
BOYLE SERVICES HOLDING LIMITED
SC801683 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
BRAW BOTHIES LTD
SC856857 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
BRETT FORFAR JOINERY LTD
SC863361 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
BRICKY SQUAD LTD
SC789387 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-10-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

Midlothian Innovation Centre
Pentlandfield
Roslin
EH25 9RE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Bryan
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (11 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-10-29