BRAVEHEART AUCTIONS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC762732 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-17
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (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: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-06-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-06-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-06-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-01➕MCCLUSKEY, Stephen appointeddirector
- 2025-04-01➖WALLS, Daniel Arthur resigneddirector
- 2025-02-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-08-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-06-23➖MACKINTOSH, Joanna Wendy, Mrs/ resigneddirector
- 2024-06-18➕WALLS, Daniel Arthur appointeddirector
- 2024-06-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-05-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-05-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-10➖WALLS, Daniel Arthur resigneddirector
- 2024-05-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-01-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-11-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-24➕MACKINTOSH, Joanna Wendy, Mrs/ appointeddirector
- 2023-11-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-05-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-03-17🏢Company incorporatedAs BRAVEHEART AUCTIONS LIMITED
- 2023-03-17➕WALLS, Daniel Arthur appointeddirector
- 2023-03-17📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 signalSome 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
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Stephen Mccluskey Individual · British · DOB 08/1982 · age 44 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 01/04/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs/ Joanna Wendy Mackintoshceased 21/10/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest
- Mr Daniel Arthur Wallsceased 01/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| CALEDONIAN MEDIA (UK) LTD→ SC628750 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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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.
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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
Incorporated2023-03-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Registered office
5 South Charlotte Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4AN
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17
Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)
MCCLUSKEY, Stephen→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2025-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACKINTOSH, Joanna Wendy, Mrs/→
Resigneddirector · ~43y · appointed 2023-11-24 · resigned 2024-06-23
WALLS, Daniel Arthur→
Resigneddirector · ~43y · appointed 2024-06-18 · resigned 2025-04-01
WALLS, Daniel Arthur→
Resigneddirector · ~43y · appointed 2023-03-17 · resigned 2024-05-10
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Recent filings (25 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-21