BRECKAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC198357 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-26
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13910
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47250SIC 47250
  • 47710Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
  • 47770SIC 47770
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.6y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Average employees232300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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  2. 2025-04-02
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  3. 2024-07-05
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  4. 2023-10-30
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  5. 2022-08-29
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  6. 2021-08-24
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  7. 2021-01-12
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  8. 2019-05-30
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  9. 2018-04-25
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  10. 2017-05-12
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-04
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    address · AD03
  12. 2017-05-04
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    address · AD02
  13. 2016-05-16
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  14. 2016-05-16
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    capital · SH08
  15. 2016-05-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2012-02-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  17. 2008-10-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2008-04-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  19. 1999-09-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 1999-09-01
    ➕
    TAIT, Ingrid Mary appointed
    secretary
  21. 1999-09-01
    ➕
    MCLEAN, Duncan John appointed
    director
  22. 1999-09-01
    ➕
    TAIT, Ingrid Mary appointed
    director
  23. 1999-09-01
    ➖
    WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1999-09-01
    ➖
    WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 1999-08-10
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1999-08-10
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    WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1999-08-10
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1999-08-10
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    WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 1999-07-26
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    Company incorporated
    As BRECKAN LIMITED
  30. 1999-07-26
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1999-07-26
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Duncan John Mclean
Individual · Scottish · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Ms Ingrid Mary Tait
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-07-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC13910 — SIC 13910

Registered office

Breckan
Stenness
Stromness
Isle Of Orkney
KW16 3EZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-09
Last: 2025-07-26

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

TAIT, Ingrid Mary→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLEAN, Duncan John→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAIT, Ingrid Mary→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-07-26 · resigned 1999-08-10
Resigned
WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-08-10 · resigned 1999-09-01
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-07-26 · resigned 1999-08-10
Resigned
WJM DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1999-08-10 · resigned 1999-09-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property20/02/2012—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property07/04/2008—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property09/09/199908/10/2008
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Recent filings (83 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-30