BRIT-TIPP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01700196 · ltd · incorporated 1983-02-17

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£2.16M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 29201

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 43.3y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 43.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).

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

Lenders & charges

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (8 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

145 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,161,731

Net assets shrinking

Down £231,450 YoY

Cash YoY

+261%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£281k

↑ 261% YoY

Net Worth

£2.2m

↓ 9.7% YoY

Current Assets

£2.5m

↓ 28% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£2.55M	£2.89M
Current assets	£2.47M	£3.42M
Cash	£281.1k	£77.9k
Debtors	£1.69M	£1.80M
Net assets	£2.16M	£2.39M

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

• 6 mortgage

Last 90 days

filings

• 6 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 6 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2026-07-13
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mortgage · MR04
2026-07-13
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mortgage · MR04
2026-07-13
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mortgage · MR04
2026-07-13
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mortgage · MR04
2026-07-13
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mortgage · MR04
2026-07-13
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mortgage · MR04
2026-07-13
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Charge satisfied #8
2026-07-13
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Charge satisfied #7
2026-07-13
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Charge satisfied #6
2026-07-13
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Charge satisfied #5
2026-07-13
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Charge satisfied #4
2026-07-13
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Charge satisfied #3
2026-04-30
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accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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accounts · AA
2025-01-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-07
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-01-06
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capital · SH08
2024-04-30
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accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts · AA
2023-01-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-28
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mortgage · MR01
2022-07-28
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance LTD
2022-07-25
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mortgage · MR04
2022-07-25
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Charge satisfied #1
2022-06-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-06-15
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capital · SH10
2022-06-15
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capital · SH08
2022-03-02
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accounts · AA
2021-01-04
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KIRSNERS, Wayne Peter appointed
director
2019-06-05
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DUGDALE, Peter appointed
director
2018-08-10
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PRICE, Paul resigned
director
2018-05-09
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MATHEWS, Brian appointed
director
2018-05-08
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PRICE, Joanne Elizabeth resigned
director
2015-05-01
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
2014-07-04
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2012-09-21
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2009-09-07
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CHADWICK, Lee appointed
director
2009-09-07
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PRICE, Paul appointed
director
2008-09-30
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MILLER, Lindy Ann resigned
secretary
2005-06-29
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2000-06-09
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
1999-11-10
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
1999-01-01
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MILLER, Lindy Ann appointed
secretary
1999-01-01
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PRICE, Joanne Elizabeth appointed
director
1998-12-11
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1997-09-11
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MILLER, Gary appointed
director
1997-01-24
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1983-04-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1983-02-17
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Company incorporated
As BRIT-TIPP LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gary Miller Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1983-02-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC29201 — SIC 29201

Registered office

Chatterton House Bankhall Park Industrial Estate

Wharf Street

Warrington

Cheshire

WA1 2DG

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-04

Last: 2025-12-21