MAINBRACE MARKETING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC720101 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-17

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 Jan 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Advertising agencies

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

12 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Average employees	100	100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand

2026-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-01
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
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certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-01-17
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Company incorporated
As MAINBRACE MARKETING LIMITED
2022-01-17
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GARVIE, Bryan Watson appointed
director
2022-01-17
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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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Bryan Watson Garvie Individual · British · DOB 04/1980 · age 46	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	17/01/2022

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2022-01-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC73110 — Advertising agencies

Registered office

3 Osprey Lane

Ferniegair

Hamilton

ML3 7GB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-30

Last: 2026-01-16

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GARVIE, Bryan Watson→

director · ~46y · appointed 2022-01-17

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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-03

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-31

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-09-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-05-07

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-01-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-04-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-17

certificate-change-of-name-company

change-of-name · CERTNM

2022-01-27

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2022-01-17