BRADMILL MEAT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01513715 · ltd · incorporated 1980-08-22
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 10120SIC 10120
- 46320Wholesale of meat and meat products
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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, 3 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
112 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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| Average employees | 800 | 1000 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
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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 (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-01📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-12-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-09📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-04-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-04-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-04-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2006-03-27➕MILLS, Lesley Joy appointedsecretary
- 2006-03-27➖MILLS, Betty resignedsecretary
- 2006-03-27➖MILLS, Betty resigneddirector
- 1980-08-22🏢Company incorporatedAs BRADMILL MEAT 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 74 — 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 74 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mrs Lesley Joy Mills Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Christopher John Mills Individual · British · DOB 10/1952 · age 74 | 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.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| ANGRY SAUCES LTD→ 14626724 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ARTISNAL BAKERY LTD→ 14544324 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| BASINGSTOKE HONEY LIMITED→ 15129420 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BESPOKE BAKES OF MORTIMER LTD→ 13124934 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| BESPOKE PET SERVICES LTD→ 16479868 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BLUESTONE HEMINGWAY LTD→ 17061386 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BOERIE LTD→ 13153073 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| BOND BREWS LTD→ 09638800 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| BRAZILIAN STREET FOOD LIMITED→ 14855615 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| BREACH FARM BREWING LTD→ 12545435 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
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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
Incorporated1980-08-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat
Registered office
2 Old Bath Road
Newbury
Berkshire
RG14 1QL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
MILLS, Betty→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2006-03-27
MILLS, Betty→
Resigneddirector · ~97y · resigned 2006-03-27
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Recent filings (112 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-01
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-12-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31