BRICKDECOR LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC223794 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-28
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£160.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 4 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 24.4y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

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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
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £160,569

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£74k
Net Worth
£161k
Current Assets
£74k
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-30
Total assets£160.6k
Current assets£73.6k
Cash£73.6k
Net assets£160.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-06-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-04-01
    ➕
    STEEDMAN, Peter appointed
    secretary
  17. 2010-03-31
    ➖
    CLYDESDALE, Gail resigned
    secretary
  18. 2006-05-19
    ➕
    CLYDESDALE, Gail appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-05-18
    ➖
    STEEDMAN, Norma resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-02-25
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2002-06-11
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2001-11-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2001-11-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2001-10-23
    ➕
    STEEDMAN, Peter appointed
    director
  25. 2001-10-23
    ➕
    STEEDMAN, Norma appointed
    secretary
  26. 2001-10-23
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-10-23
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2001-09-28
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    Company incorporated
    As BRICKDECOR LIMITED
  29. 2001-09-28
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2001-09-28
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Steedman
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

9 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
Incorporated2001-09-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Ollerberry House Moray Street
Blackford
Auchterarder
PH4 1QF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

STEEDMAN, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2010-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEEDMAN, Peter→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLYDESDALE, Gail→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-19 · resigned 2010-03-31
Resigned
STEEDMAN, Norma→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-23 · resigned 2006-05-18
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-28 · resigned 2001-10-23
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-09-28 · resigned 2001-10-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property25/02/2004—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property11/06/2002—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property26/11/2001—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property16/11/2001—
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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-09