BROTHOCK TRUSTEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC043151 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1966-02-23

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

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

48 officers (24 active, 48 linked, 44 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

181 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (88 events)Click to expand

2026-01-22
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THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned
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2026-01-22
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officers · TM02
2025-12-05
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2025-11-28
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ROUGHEAD, Alan resigned
director
2025-09-01
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DUNN, Susan appointed
director
2025-09-01
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FRASER, Hannah appointed
director
2025-09-01
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GRIMMOND, Joanne Elizabeth appointed
director
2025-09-01
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HAINEY, Lisa May appointed
director
2025-09-01
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MCGILL, Katherine Muriel appointed
director
2025-09-01
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MITCHELL, Sarah appointed
director
2025-09-01
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MOIR, Kyle Frank Strachan appointed
director
2025-09-01
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ROUGHEAD, Alan appointed
director
2025-09-01
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ETHERINGTON, David Murray resigned
director
2025-07-22
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ANDERSON, Rachel appointed
director
2025-01-31
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HORNE, Emma Ashley appointed
director
2024-11-07
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2024-10-31
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DICKSON, Graeme Ross Campbell appointed
director
2024-10-31
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GARDINER, Christopher Peter John appointed
director
2024-10-31
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MACKAY, Iain Finlay Magnus appointed
director
2024-10-31
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MACKIE, Stuart Irvine appointed
director
2024-10-31
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PRATT, Stephanie Elizabeth appointed
director
2024-07-11
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2024-06-18
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2024-05-31
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MCKEOWN, Anne Janette resigned
director
2024-05-01
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2024-04-30
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CHRISTINE, Lorna Margaret resigned
director
2023-06-01
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CALDERWOOD, Elizabeth Lilian resigned
director
2022-05-31
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ALLAN, Margaret Jean resigned
director
2022-05-31
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NICOL, Craig Orr resigned
director
2019-05-31
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DUNLOP, George John Muir resigned
director
2019-04-25
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COUTTS, Morna Jane appointed
director
2019-04-25
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DISHINGTON, Audrey Anne appointed
director
2019-04-25
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DUFF, Susan Margaret appointed
director
2019-04-25
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HAMILTON, Ronald Grant appointed
director

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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-24 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

3 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: THORNTONS LAW LLP resigned 2026-01-22; ETHERINGTON, David Murray resigned 2025-07-22; ROUGHEAD, Alan resigned 2025-11-28

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1966-02-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Whitehall House

33 Yeaman Shore

Dundee

DD1 4BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31