ETHOS FACILITIES LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC861336 · ltd · incorporated 2025-09-02
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
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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
  • 2 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-11-05
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-09-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ETHOS FACILITIES LIMITED
  4. 2025-09-02
    BRYCELAND, Patrick appointed
    director
  5. 2025-09-02
    BRYCELAND, Scott appointed
    director
  6. 2025-09-02
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 0.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-11-05: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-11-05: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Scott Bryceland
Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/09/2025
Mr Patrick Bryceland
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/09/2025

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
Incorporated2025-09-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC81299 — Other cleaning services

Registered office

10 Empress Court Saint Andrew Street
Greenock
Renfrewshire
PA15 4RW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-02
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BRYCELAND, Patrick
director · ~62y · appointed 2025-09-02
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BRYCELAND, Scott
director · ~54y · appointed 2025-09-02
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Recent filings (3 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-11-05
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-11-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-09-02