BRAINY CHEEKS LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC823109 · ltd · incorporated 2024-09-18
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£854
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
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
50
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 £854

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£854
Current Assets
£854
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-30
Total assets£854
Current assets£854
Net assets£854

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-04
    MORAKE, Laycken Allisa resigned
    director
  3. 2025-04-04
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-04-04
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-09-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRAINY CHEEKS LTD
  6. 2024-09-18
    MORAKE, Aggrey David appointed
    director
  7. 2024-09-18
    MORAKE, Laycken Allisa appointed
    director
  8. 2024-09-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Aggrey David Morake
Individual · South African · DOB 06/1990 · age 36
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control18/09/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Laycken Allisa Morakeceased 04/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-09-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

5 South Charlotte Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4AN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MORAKE, Aggrey David
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-09-18
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Active
MORAKE, Laycken Allisa
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-09-18 · resigned 2025-04-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (5 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-09-18