BRYANS COACHES LIMITED

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SC292001 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-19
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£117.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -92% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £117,807
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,494 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 92% YoY
Cash YoY
-92%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 92% YoY
Net Worth
£118k
↓ 2.9% YoY
Current Assets
£49k
↓ 52% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£24k£49k£73k£97k£121kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£466.7k£394.4k
Current assets£49.1k£102.7k
Cash£3.6k£44.3k
Debtors£45.5k£58.4k
Net assets£117.8k£121.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-21
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  2. 2024-10-28
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  3. 2024-09-25
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  4. 2023-09-14
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  5. 2022-09-14
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  6. 2022-09-08
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  7. 2022-09-08
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  8. 2022-09-08
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  9. 2022-09-08
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  10. 2022-02-04
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    BRYANS, Ross resigned
    director
  11. 2022-02-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-11-15
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    address · AD01
  13. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  14. 2020-09-28
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  15. 2019-09-30
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  16. 2019-09-24
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    BRYANS, Ross appointed
    director
  17. 2019-09-24
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  18. 2018-09-20
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  19. 2018-08-30
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  20. 2018-08-29
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    BRYANS, Ross resigned
    director
  21. 2005-10-19
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    Company incorporated
    As BRYANS COACHES LIMITED
  22. 2005-10-19
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    BRYANS, William John Roberts appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-10-19
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    BRYANS, William John Roberts appointed
    director
  24. 2005-10-19
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    BRYANS, Ross appointed
    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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRYANS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 William John Roberts Bryans
Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Ross Bryans
Individual · British · DOB 07/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr William John Roberts Bryansceased 06/04/2016· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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
Incorporated2005-10-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

Whitehill Farm
Myothill Road
Denny
FK6 5NA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BRYANS, William John Roberts→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRYANS, William John Roberts→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRYANS, Ross→
director · ~44y · appointed 2019-09-24 · resigned 2022-02-04
Resigned
BRYANS, Ross→
director · ~44y · appointed 2005-10-19 · resigned 2018-08-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-08
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-09-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-15