BRENDA MUIR LADIESWEAR (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC779901 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-22

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

6 filings

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

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand

2026-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-08-22
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Company incorporated
As BRENDA MUIR LADIESWEAR (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
2023-08-22
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DAVIS, Marisa appointed
director
2023-08-22
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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 age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Marisa Davis Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	22/08/2023

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

Incorporated2023-08-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Consilium Chartered Accountants

169 West George Street

Glasgow

G2 2LB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-04

Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIS, Marisa→

director · ~65y · appointed 2023-08-22

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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-02-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-23

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2025-04-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-21

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2023-08-22