BRIFI LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC555418 · ltd · incorporated 2017-01-24
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£86.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -51% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £86,442
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,248 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 51% YoY
Cash YoY
-51%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£67k
↓ 51% YoY
Net Worth
£86k
↓ 5.7% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£28k£55k£83k£110k£138kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£86.7k£92.0k
Cash£67.3k£138.1k
Net assets£86.4k£91.7k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2025-10-06
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-03
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-16
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-23
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  6. 2021-10-25
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-01
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2018-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-02-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2017-02-03
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  13. 2017-02-03
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2017-02-03
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2017-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As BRIFI LIMITED
  17. 2017-01-24
    ➕
    MCDOUGALL, Brian appointed
    secretary
  18. 2017-01-24
    ➕
    MCDOUGALL, Brian appointed
    director
  19. 2017-01-24
    ➕
    MCDOUGALL, Fiona appointed
    director
  20. 2017-01-24
    ➕
    ARMSTRONG, Adam Inglis appointed
    director
  21. 2017-01-24
    ➖
    ARMSTRONG, Adam Inglis resigned
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian Mcdougall
Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence24/01/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Adam Inglis Armstrongceased 24/01/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2017-01-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

14 Park Crescent
Inchinnan
Renfrewshire
PA4 9PW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MCDOUGALL, Brian→
secretary · appointed 2017-01-24
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Active
MCDOUGALL, Brian→
director · ~67y · appointed 2017-01-24
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Active
MCDOUGALL, Fiona→
director · ~69y · appointed 2017-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARMSTRONG, Adam Inglis→
director · ~73y · appointed 2017-01-24 · resigned 2017-01-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-13