BRAEVAL TRUST

🌳Matureactive

SC220260 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2001-06-14

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£1.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -50% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

67 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,898

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,201 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 50% YoY

Cash YoY

-50%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1k

↓ 50% YoY

Net Worth

£2k

↓ 39% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£1.9k	£3.1k
Cash	£1.2k	£2.4k
Net assets	£1.9k	£3.1k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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FRANKS, Christine appointed
director
2025-09-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-15
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2018-06-15
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2018-05-03
➕
FRANKS, Christine appointed
secretary
2018-05-03
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YOUNG, Martin resigned
secretary
2018-03-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-28
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-07-20
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
annual-return · AR01
2015-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2015-09-10
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FAULDS, Andrew Allan resigned
director
2015-09-10
➖
FERRALL, James Mcmillan resigned
director
2009-05-26
➖
MULHOLLAND, Robert Nairn resigned
secretary
2009-05-26
➕
YOUNG, Martin appointed
secretary
2001-06-14
🏢
Company incorporated
As BRAEVAL TRUST
2001-06-14
➕
YOUNG, Martin appointed
director
2001-06-14
➕
MULHOLLAND, Robert Nairn appointed
secretary
2001-06-14
➕
BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-06-14
➖
BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-06-14
➕
FAULDS, Andrew Allan appointed
director
2001-06-14
➕
FERRALL, James Mcmillan appointed
director
2001-06-14
➕
BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-06-14
➖
BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2001-06-14
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-06-14
➖
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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

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 Martin Young Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2001-06-14

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

4 Braeval

Aberfoyle

Stirling

Central

FK8 3UY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

FRANKS, Christine→

secretary · appointed 2018-05-03

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Active

FRANKS, Christine→

director · ~48y · appointed 2025-09-29

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Active

YOUNG, Martin→

director · ~77y · appointed 2001-06-14

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Active

MULHOLLAND, Robert Nairn→

secretary · appointed 2001-06-14 · resigned 2009-05-26

Resigned

YOUNG, Martin→

secretary · appointed 2009-05-26 · resigned 2018-05-03

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-14 · resigned 2001-06-14

Resigned

FAULDS, Andrew Allan→

director · ~60y · appointed 2001-06-14 · resigned 2015-09-10

Resigned

FERRALL, James Mcmillan→

director · ~75y · appointed 2001-06-14 · resigned 2015-09-10

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-14 · resigned 2001-06-14

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-14 · resigned 2001-06-14

Resigned

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