HONEYBROOK INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC765771 · ltd · incorporated 2023-04-12
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£152.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
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. 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £152,471
Net assets shrinking
Down £312 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£152k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 96% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£31k£61k£92k£122k£153kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£152.5k£152.8k
Current assets£1.1k£29.9k
Net assets£152.5k£152.8k

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-04-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2023-04-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-04-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-04-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HONEYBROOK INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  7. 2023-04-12
    FERGUSSON, Jamie Stirling appointed
    director
  8. 2023-04-12
    FERGUSSON, Maurissa Kirsty appointed
    director
  9. 2023-04-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jamie Stirling Fergusson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1978 · age 48
2550%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest12/04/2023
Mrs Maurissa Kirsty Fergusson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest12/04/2023
Mr Alexander Mcclure Fergusson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1949 · age 77
2550%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest12/04/2023

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
Incorporated2023-04-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Braeside
West Fenton
North Berwick
EH39 5AJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FERGUSSON, Jamie Stirling
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-04-12
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Active
FERGUSSON, Maurissa Kirsty
director · ~47y · appointed 2023-04-12
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-04-12