BRADLEY & HOLMES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00757541 · ltd · incorporated 1963-04-16
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 4511
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 55/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 97). 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 (45/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (46/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2019-05-23
    📄
    restoration-order-of-court
    restoration · AC92
  2. 1998-01-11
    TAYLOR, Paul Shoebridge appointed
    secretary
  3. 1998-01-11
    TAYLOR, Kathleen resigned
    secretary
  4. 1998-01-11
    TAYLOR, Kathleen resigned
    director
  5. 1995-01-01
    📄
    selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1995
    historical · PRE95
  6. 1987-01-01
    📄
    selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1987
    historical · PRE87
  7. 1963-04-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRADLEY & HOLMES LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 97 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 97 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 63 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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: 2004-08-31

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1963-04-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC4511 — SIC 4511

Registered office

Office 1 Sdh Industrial Estate
West Street
Sowerby Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX6 3BT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2004-08-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2002-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due:
Last:

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TAYLOR, Paul Shoebridge
secretary · appointed 1998-01-11
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Active
GREEN, Peter
director · ~97y
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Active
TAYLOR, Paul Shoebridge
director · ~85y
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Active
TAYLOR, Kathleen
secretary · resigned 1998-01-11
Resigned
TAYLOR, Kathleen
director · ~112y · resigned 1998-01-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (3 total)

restoration-order-of-court
restoration · AC92
2019-05-23
selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1995
historical · PRE95
1995-01-01
selection-of-documents-registered-before-January-1987
historical · PRE87
1987-01-01