BROWN BRED PIGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01510043 · ltd · incorporated 1980-07-31
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 42.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01460
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 42.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 42.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
90 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Average employees300300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-03
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-08-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-08-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2019-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-12
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    accounts · AA
  16. 1996-05-02
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  17. 1983-12-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  18. 1983-12-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  19. 1980-07-31
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    Company incorporated
    As BROWN BRED PIGS LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BROWN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 85 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 46 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Angus Neal Brown
Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70
50–75%
50–75%board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
Mr John Stanley Millard
Individual · British · DOB 11/1941 · age 85
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1980-07-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01460 — SIC 01460

Registered office

Firs Farm St. Peters Street
Caxton
Cambridge
CB23 3PJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BROWN, Angus Neal→
secretary
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Active
BROWN, Angus Neal→
director · ~70y
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Active
MILLARD, John Stanley→
director · ~85y
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property02/05/1996—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property19/12/1983—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Debenture1 property19/12/1983—
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Recent filings (90 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-01