BRABOURNE FILMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00570115 · ltd · incorporated 1956-08-10
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£1£1£2£2Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2£2
Debtors£75£75
Net assets£2£2

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-03
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-17
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    officers · TM02
  4. 2024-04-16
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    HEAVEN, Bryony appointed
    secretary
  5. 2024-04-16
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    FORD, Steven Brian resigned
    secretary
  6. 2024-04-16
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2024-04-16
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    address · AD01
  8. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-30
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  10. 2021-12-16
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  11. 2021-04-03
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  12. 2019-12-03
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  13. 2018-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-08
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-10-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2017-10-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2017-10-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2017-06-13
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    KNATCHBULL, Kelly Louise Doreen appointed
    director
  20. 2017-06-13
    ➖
    MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA, Patriciaedwina Victoria, The Rt Hon Countess resigned
    director
  21. 2017-01-20
    ➕
    FORD, Steven Brian appointed
    secretary
  22. 2017-01-15
    ➖
    MOSS, John Bernard resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-11-09
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    KNATCHBULL, Michael John, The Honourable appointed
    director
  24. 2005-09-22
    ➖
    THE LORD BRABOURNE resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 1994-10-04
    ➖
    FLOOD, Nicholas Roger resigned
    secretary
  26. 1994-10-04
    ➕
    MOSS, John Bernard appointed
    secretary
  27. 1956-08-10
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    Company incorporated
    As BRABOURNE FILMS LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Honourable Michael-John Ulick Knatchbull
Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/06/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • The Right Honorable Countess Patricia Edwina Victoria Mountbatten Of Burmaceased 13/06/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated1956-08-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unit 4a Denne Hill Business Centre
Womenswold
Canterbury
Kent
CT4 6HD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-26
Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

HEAVEN, Bryony→
secretary · appointed 2024-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNATCHBULL, Kelly Louise Doreen→
director · ~38y · appointed 2017-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNATCHBULL, Michael John, The Honourable→
director · ~76y · appointed 2005-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLOOD, Nicholas Roger→
secretary · resigned 1994-10-04
Resigned
FORD, Steven Brian→
secretary · appointed 2017-01-20 · resigned 2024-04-16
Resigned
MOSS, John Bernard→
secretary · appointed 1994-10-04 · resigned 2017-01-15
Resigned
MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA, Patriciaedwina Victoria, The Rt Hon Countess→
director · ~102y · resigned 2017-06-13
Resigned
THE LORD BRABOURNE→
corporate-director · resigned 2005-09-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (98 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-04-17
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-04-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-22