BREAGHA RETAIL LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC828070 · ltd · incorporated 2024-11-06
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47710Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
  • 47799SIC 47799
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2025-09-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-01-16
    WHITEHEAD, John Paul resigned
    director
  4. 2024-11-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BREAGHA RETAIL LIMITED
  5. 2024-11-06
    WHITEHEAD, Lena appointed
    secretary
  6. 2024-11-06
    WHITEHEAD, Lena appointed
    director
  7. 2024-11-06
    WHITEHEAD, John Paul appointed
    director
  8. 2024-11-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 1.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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
Mrs Lena Whitehead
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/11/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Paul Whiteheadceased 16/01/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2024-11-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Registered office

Newpark Steading
Newmachar
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB21 7XB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

WHITEHEAD, Lena
secretary · appointed 2024-11-06
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Active
WHITEHEAD, Lena
director · ~58y · appointed 2024-11-06
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Active
WHITEHEAD, John Paul
director · ~58y · appointed 2024-11-06 · resigned 2025-01-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-11-06