BRAES FARM KIRTLEBRIDGE LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC540267 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-14
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 9.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01470
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 9.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years 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 | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 5 | 500 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-16📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-16📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-07-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-06-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-nameofficers · AP01
- 2017-06-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-nameofficers · AP01
- 2017-04-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2016-10-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2016-07-14🏢Company incorporatedAs BRAES FARM KIRTLEBRIDGE LIMITED
- 2016-07-14➕COCHRANE, Anne Scott appointeddirector
- 2016-07-14➕COCHRANE, John William appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
John William Cochrane Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 14/07/2016 |
Anne Scott Cochrane Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 14/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-07-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC01470 — SIC 01470
Registered office
The Braes
Kirtlebridge
Lockerbie
Dumfriesshire
DG11 3LP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-04
Last: 2025-12-21
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
COCHRANE, Anne Scott→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2016-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COCHRANE, John William→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2016-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 05/04/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 14/10/2016 | — |
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Recent filings (31 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-23