BRINDSETT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01424210 · ltd · incorporated 1979-05-31
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£9.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £9,409
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£61k
↑ 9.1% YoY
Net Worth
£9k
↑ 178% YoY
Current Assets
£87k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £9.4k | £11.8k |
| Current assets | £87.1k | £74.8k |
| Cash | £61.0k | £55.9k |
| Debtors | £25.3k | £12.8k |
| Net assets | £9.4k | £-12.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
8
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-02-18📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2026-02-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-01-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-01-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-01-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-12-31➖NUTT, Christopher James resigneddirector
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-10-31📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2023-10-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-30📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 1979-05-31🏢Company incorporatedAs BRINDSETT LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +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
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Simon Clayton Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Stuart Shawceased 01/04/2025· 25-50% voting
- Christopher James Nuttceased 01/04/2025· 25-50% voting
- Philip Claytonceased 01/04/2025· 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1979-05-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
Unit 11 Knowles Industrial
Estate, Furness Vale
High Peak
Derbyshire
SK23 7PJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-15
Last: 2026-01-01
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
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Recent filings (102 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-06
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2026-02-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-02-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-31
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-10-31