BRIDGEND GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC299082 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-17
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees34003000

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

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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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-04-25
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  3. 2024-05-27
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  4. 2023-04-24
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  5. 2022-05-18
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  6. 2021-05-03
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-09-15
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    MCKINLAY, Christina resigned
    director
  9. 2020-06-26
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-26
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  11. 2018-07-06
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  12. 2017-05-08
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-05-03
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  15. 2016-05-03
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  16. 2016-05-03
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  17. 2006-03-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BRIDGEND GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED
  18. 2006-03-17
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    MCKINLAY, George appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-03-17
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    MCKINLAY, Caroline appointed
    director
  20. 2006-03-17
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    MCKINLAY, George appointed
    director
  21. 2006-03-17
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2006-03-17
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    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2006-03-17
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    MCKINLAY, Christina appointed
    director
  24. 2006-03-17
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2006-03-17
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    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 78 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 George Mckinlay
Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Caroline Mckinlay
Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-03-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

Bridgend Garden Centre
Ladybank Road
Freuchie
Fife
KY15 7HY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MCKINLAY, George→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKINLAY, Caroline→
director · ~55y · appointed 2006-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKINLAY, George→
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-03-17 · resigned 2006-03-17
Resigned
MCKINLAY, Christina→
director · ~80y · appointed 2006-03-17 · resigned 2020-09-15
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-03-17 · resigned 2006-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-31