BRAND RENTALS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC689685 · ltd · incorporated 2021-02-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2023Feb 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-02-282023-02-28
Average employees100100

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-01
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-05-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-03-24
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2021-02-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRAND RENTALS LIMITED
  7. 2021-02-18
    BRAND, Gregor James appointed
    director
  8. 2021-02-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRAND" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-11-30

Group structure

Brand Holdings (Scotland) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Brand Holdings (Scotland) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BRAND RENTALS LIMITED
This company · SC689685

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Brand Holdings (Scotland) Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/02/2021
Mr Gregor Brand
Individual · British · DOB 02/1996 · age 30
sig. influencesignificant influence15/03/2021

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
Incorporated2021-02-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

14 Camperdown Street
Dundee
DD1 3JA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-11-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BRAND, Gregor James
director · ~30y · appointed 2021-02-18
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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-02-18