BRAMBLES MARKETING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC219787 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-04

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 (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

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	100	100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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2025-02-26
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accounts · AA
2024-02-29
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accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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accounts · AA
2022-02-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-03
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officers · TM02
2020-11-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-11-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-26
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address · AD01
2019-11-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-02-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-13
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BUTLER, Catriona resigned
secretary
2018-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-10
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annual-return · AR01
2006-12-01
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BUTLER, Catriona appointed
secretary
2006-11-30
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BUTLER, Thomas Mitchell Hastie resigned
secretary
2001-06-04
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Company incorporated
As BRAMBLES MARKETING LIMITED
2001-06-04
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BUTLER, Kenneth Hastie appointed
director
2001-06-04
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BUTLER, Thomas Mitchell Hastie appointed
secretary
2001-06-04
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-06-04
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kenneth Hastie Butler Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	30/10/2020

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

Incorporated2001-06-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

Flat 2 Coshieville

Aberfeldy

PH15 2NE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-15

Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

BUTLER, Kenneth Hastie→

director · ~58y · appointed 2001-06-04

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Active

BUTLER, Catriona→

secretary · appointed 2006-12-01 · resigned 2018-09-13

Resigned

BUTLER, Thomas Mitchell Hastie→

secretary · appointed 2001-06-04 · resigned 2006-11-30

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-04 · resigned 2001-06-04

Resigned

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