BRUAR DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC333099 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-30
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2023
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
49 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
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2023-10-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-06📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-10-05➖MAGOWAN, Frances Sarah resignedsecretary
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-30📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2015-11-28➕MAGOWAN, Frances Sarah appointedsecretary
- 2015-11-27➖OSBORN, Sally Jane resignedsecretary
- 2015-11-27📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2012-06-14➖COEN, Mary Katherine resignedsecretary
- 2012-06-14➕OSBORN, Sally Jane appointedsecretary
- 2007-10-30🏢Company incorporatedAs BRUAR DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
- 2007-10-30➕BRUCE WOOTTON, Andrew Edward appointeddirector
- 2007-10-30➕TROUGHTON, Sarah Hope appointeddirector
- 2007-10-30➕COEN, Mary Katherine appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Dickinson Trust Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Dickinson Trust Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BRUAR DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
This company · SC333099
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Dickinson Trust Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D.M. MACKINNON ESTATES LTD.→ SC239892 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| DC PROPERTY (SCOTLAND) LTD→ SC770715 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| DM STRATHMORE LIMITED→ SC613433 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| DMJ PROPERTIES PERTH LTD→ SC828828 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| DUPPLIN PROPERTIES LIMITED→ SC504547 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| E M PROPERTIES (SCOTLAND) LTD→ SC851154 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ELEGENT PROPERTIES LTD→ SC844461 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ELMCLIFF LIMITED→ SC151114 · est 1994 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 31y | — | — |
| EMBDEN INVESTMENTS (1) LIMITED→ SC270101 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| EMBDEN INVESTMENTS (3) LIMITED→ SC293942 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| EMBDEN INVESTMENTS (6) LIMITED→ SC318888 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| EMBDEN INVESTMENTS 12 LIMITED→ SC414176 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-10-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
Atholl Estate Office, Blair
Castle, Blair Atholl
Perthshire
PH18 5TJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
BRUCE WOOTTON, Andrew Edward→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2007-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TROUGHTON, Sarah Hope→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2007-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COEN, Mary Katherine→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-10-30 · resigned 2012-06-14
MAGOWAN, Frances Sarah→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2015-11-28 · resigned 2024-10-05
OSBORN, Sally Jane→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2012-06-14 · resigned 2015-11-27
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Recent filings (49 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-06-22