IVORY GRACE BRIDAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC510250 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-07

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.

Why now

Window steady · medium confidence

Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.

· Filings: 24 → 25

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 10.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Filings: 24 → 25

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£62.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.8y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 10.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (86/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £62,201

Net assets shrinking

Down £15,844 YoY

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£62k

↓ 20% YoY

Current Assets

£204k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31	2023-07-31
Total assets	£184.1k	£227.1k	£86.1k
Current assets	£204.4k	£269.7k	£274.4k
Net assets	£62.2k	£78.0k	£62.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2015-07-07
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Company incorporated
As IVORY GRACE BRIDAL LIMITED
2015-07-07
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BROWN, Allan Kenneth appointed
secretary
2015-07-07
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BROWN, Allan Kenneth appointed
director
2015-07-07
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BROWN, Kayleigh Mairi appointed
director
2015-07-07
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
Mrs Kayleigh Mairi Brown Individual · British · DOB 10/1986 · age 40	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2015-07-07

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

3 Kepplestone Avenue

Aberdeen

AB15 7XF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-20

Last: 2025-07-06

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BROWN, Allan Kenneth→

secretary · appointed 2015-07-07

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BROWN, Allan Kenneth→

director · ~47y · appointed 2015-07-07

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BROWN, Kayleigh Mairi→

director · ~40y · appointed 2015-07-07

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	20/08/2015	—

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