A.H.BROADBRIDGE AND SON LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
00836005 · ltd · incorporated 1965-01-29
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£223.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 60). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 43.3y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 43.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £223,886
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£64k
↓ 8.7% YoY
Net Worth
£224k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£327k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £229.9k | £243.2k |
| Current assets | £326.6k | £328.1k |
| Cash | £63.6k | £69.6k |
| Debtors | £19.6k | £18.9k |
| Net assets | £223.9k | £223.2k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-11📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-17📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2007-05-23➕GREEN, Julie Mary appointedsecretary
- 2007-05-23➕GREEN, Daniel Jude Joseph appointeddirector
- 2007-05-23➖BROADBRIDGE, Rachel Jean resignedsecretary
- 2007-05-23➖BROADBRIDGE, Philip John resigneddirector
- 2007-05-22🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2007-05-22🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1993-11-12➖BROADBRIDGE, Rachel Jean resigneddirector
- 1991-07-26🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1988-10-24🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1984-10-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1983-01-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1965-01-29🏢Company incorporatedAs A.H.BROADBRIDGE AND SON LIMITED
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Daniel Jude Joseph Green Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Julie Mary Green Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1965-01-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Registered office
2 Sussex Road
Haywards Heath
West Sussex
RH16 4EA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
Active
GREEN, Daniel Jude Joseph→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2007-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROADBRIDGE, Rachel Jean→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2007-05-23
BROADBRIDGE, Philip John→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · resigned 2007-05-23
BROADBRIDGE, Rachel Jean→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · resigned 1993-11-12
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 24/10/1988 | 22/05/2007 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 04/10/1984 | 22/05/2007 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 24/01/1983 | 26/07/1991 |
Recent filings (106 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-08-01