BRIGGS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC110121 · ltd · incorporated 1988-03-28

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 33.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£4.33M

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 39000

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 33.6y

80/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 33.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

19 officers (4 active, 19 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

126 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £433,887

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Turnover	£4.33M
Gross profit	£846.9k
Operating profit	£433.9k
Profit before tax	£433.9k
Average employees	5900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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accounts · AA
2025-01-14
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accounts · AA
2024-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
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accounts · AA
2021-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-20
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ENGLISH, Craig appointed
director
2019-09-20
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officers · AP01
2019-09-20
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officers · TM01
2019-09-01
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CROOKSTON, George David resigned
director
2018-12-31
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accounts · AA
2018-01-12
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accounts · AA
2017-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2016-06-02
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mortgage · MR01
2016-05-31
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mortgage · MR04
2016-05-31
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-05-26
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2016-01-06
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accounts · AA
2011-08-15
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DIAMOND, Patrick Thomas appointed
director
2011-03-31
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HUMPHRIES, Glyn Andrew resigned
director
2009-04-01
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CLARKSON, Graeme Andrew Telford resigned
secretary
2006-08-31
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CROOKSTON, George David appointed
director
2006-06-30
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LAWRIE, Douglas George resigned
director
2005-07-21
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CLARKSON, Graeme Andrew Telford appointed
secretary
2005-07-21
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GRANT, David Edwin resigned
secretary
2005-03-01
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HUMPHRIES, Glyn Andrew appointed
director
2004-06-30
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GRANT, David Edwin resigned
director
2004-06-30
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MIDDLETON, Alan resigned
director
2004-06-01
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LAWRIE, Douglas George appointed
director
2004-02-19
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COOK, Alistair resigned
director
2002-11-20
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MIDDLETON, Alan appointed
director
2002-05-20
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MCMURTRIE, John resigned
director
2002-02-01
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COOK, Alistair appointed
director
2001-04-01
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BRIGGS, Robert Collieson appointed
director
2001-03-31
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MCARTHUR, Neil William Fraser resigned
director
2001-03-31
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MIDDLETON, Robin Buchan, Captain resigned
director
1999-06-18
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FORBES, William Fraser resigned
director
1998-12-31
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MCMURTRIE, John appointed
director
1996-11-01
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MACRAE, Alasdair David Duncan resigned
director
1996-11-01
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MCARTHUR, Neil William Fraser appointed
director
1995-11-24
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SMITH, Robert Serge resigned
director
1995-01-16
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MACRAE, Alasdair David Duncan appointed
director
1993-04-06
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SMITH, Robert Serge appointed
director
1992-10-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1991-04-01
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BRIGGS, Anna O'Dea resigned
director
1991-04-01
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FORBES, William Fraser appointed
director
1991-04-01
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MIDDLETON, Robin Buchan, Captain appointed
director
1988-03-28
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Company incorporated
As BRIGGS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRIGGS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Briggs Commercial Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Briggs Commercial Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BRIGGS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED

This company · SC110121

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Briggs Commercial Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1988-03-28

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Seaforth House

Seaforth Place

Burntisland

Fife

KY3 9AX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (4 active · 15 resigned)

BRIGGS, Robert Collieson→

director · ~55y · appointed 2001-04-01

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Active

BRIGGS, Robert→

director · ~87y

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Active

DIAMOND, Patrick Thomas→

director · ~59y · appointed 2011-08-15

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Active

ENGLISH, Craig→

director · ~53y · appointed 2019-09-20

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Active

CLARKSON, Graeme Andrew Telford→

secretary · appointed 2005-07-21 · resigned 2009-04-01

Resigned

GRANT, David Edwin→

secretary · resigned 2005-07-21

Resigned

BRIGGS, Anna O'Dea→

director · ~88y · resigned 1991-04-01

Resigned

COOK, Alistair→

director · ~73y · appointed 2002-02-01 · resigned 2004-02-19

Resigned

CROOKSTON, George David→

director · ~68y · appointed 2006-08-31 · resigned 2019-09-01

Resigned

FORBES, William Fraser→

director · ~77y · appointed 1991-04-01 · resigned 1999-06-18

Resigned

GRANT, David Edwin→

director · ~79y · resigned 2004-06-30

Resigned

HUMPHRIES, Glyn Andrew→

director · ~69y · appointed 2005-03-01 · resigned 2011-03-31

Resigned

LAWRIE, Douglas George→

director · ~68y · appointed 2004-06-01 · resigned 2006-06-30

Resigned

MACRAE, Alasdair David Duncan→

director · ~84y · appointed 1995-01-16 · resigned 1996-11-01

Resigned

MCARTHUR, Neil William Fraser→

director · ~80y · appointed 1996-11-01 · resigned 2001-03-31

Resigned

MCMURTRIE, John→

director · ~89y · appointed 1998-12-31 · resigned 2002-05-20

Resigned

MIDDLETON, Alan→

director · ~59y · appointed 2002-11-20 · resigned 2004-06-30

Resigned

MIDDLETON, Robin Buchan, Captain→

director · ~82y · appointed 1991-04-01 · resigned 2001-03-31

Resigned

SMITH, Robert Serge→

director · ~78y · appointed 1993-04-06 · resigned 1995-11-24

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	26/05/2016	—
	satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	01/10/1992	31/05/2016

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