BRIMAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

00823906 · ltd · incorporated 1964-10-13

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

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year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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 (78/100)

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

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

101 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05
Average employees	2	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-08-29
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accounts · AA
2024-08-16
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accounts · AA
2023-11-02
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accounts · AA
2022-12-14
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accounts · AA
2021-11-11
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accounts · AA
2020-11-09
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accounts · AA
2019-07-09
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accounts · AA
2018-10-18
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accounts · AA
2018-03-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-02-13
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address · AD01
2017-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-09-23
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accounts · AA
2016-08-17
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officers · TM01
2016-06-27
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PEARS, Malcolm Mitchell resigned
director
2016-02-18
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annual-return · AR01
2013-05-30
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PEARS, Andrea appointed
secretary
2013-05-30
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PEARS, Christopher Michael resigned
secretary
2004-09-10
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PEARS, Christopher Michael appointed
director
2004-09-10
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PEARS, Christopher Michael appointed
secretary
2004-08-28
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PEARS, Pearl Margaret resigned
secretary
2004-08-28
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PEARS, Pearl Margaret resigned
director
1993-02-04
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PEARS, Christopher Michael resigned
director
1964-10-13
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Company incorporated
As BRIMAL LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Andrea Jane Pears Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest	23/01/2017
Mr Christopher Michael Pears Individual · British · DOB 02/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Malcolm Mitchell Pearsceased 26/06/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest

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

Incorporated1964-10-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

3 Ashburn Grove

Wetherby

West Yorkshire

LS22 6WB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-08

Last: 2026-02-22

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

PEARS, Andrea→

secretary · appointed 2013-05-30

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Active

PEARS, Christopher Michael→

director · ~71y · appointed 2004-09-10

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Active

PEARS, Christopher Michael→

secretary · appointed 2004-09-10 · resigned 2013-05-30

Resigned

PEARS, Pearl Margaret→

secretary · resigned 2004-08-28

Resigned

PEARS, Christopher Michael→

director · ~71y · resigned 1993-02-04

Resigned

PEARS, Malcolm Mitchell→

director · ~96y · resigned 2016-06-27

Resigned

PEARS, Pearl Margaret→

director · ~96y · resigned 2004-08-28

Resigned

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