BRYAN JAMES & CO LTD

🌳Matureactive

01758910 · ltd · incorporated 1983-10-05

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 22.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.5y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 22.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

125 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	100	700

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-01
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ROBERTSON, Antony Brian appointed
director
2024-02-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-11
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MENG, Li Ying resigned
director
2023-09-11
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WILDING, Michael James Arthur resigned
director
2023-02-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-09-14
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Charge satisfied #1
2020-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-16
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CLARK, Stuart John resigned
director
2019-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2018-12-04
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CLARK, Stuart John appointed
director
2018-10-18
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2017-01-01
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MCLEOD, Donald James resigned
director
2017-01-01
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ROOKE, Michael resigned
director
2015-05-01
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MCLEOD, Donald James appointed
director
2015-03-01
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WILDING, Michael James Arthur appointed
director
2015-02-13
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LESTER, Peter Glynne resigned
director
2014-01-01
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ROOKE, Michael appointed
director
2013-03-18
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CURRAN, Peter resigned
director
2012-09-18
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CURRAN, Peter appointed
director
2012-09-18
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MENG, Li Ying appointed
director
2011-09-14
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PRENDERGAST, Mark resigned
director
2009-01-14
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LESTER, Peter Glynne appointed
director
2008-11-14
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BEESTON, Janet Angela resigned
director
2004-07-01
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PRENDERGAST, Mark appointed
director
2004-01-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1983-10-05
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Company incorporated
As BRYAN JAMES & CO LTD

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Janet Angela Beeston Individual · British · DOB 01/1944 · age 82	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr John Stanley Beeston Individual · British · DOB 01/1941 · age 85	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated1983-10-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

8 Shaftesbury Avenue

Southall

UB2 4HQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

BEESTON, John Stanley→

secretary

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Active

BEESTON, John Stanley→

director · ~85y

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Active

ROBERTSON, Antony Brian→

director · ~70y · appointed 2024-03-01

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Active

BEESTON, Janet Angela→

director · ~82y · resigned 2008-11-14

Resigned

CLARK, Stuart John→

director · ~58y · appointed 2018-12-04 · resigned 2019-12-16

Resigned

CURRAN, Peter→

director · ~88y · appointed 2012-09-18 · resigned 2013-03-18

Resigned

LESTER, Peter Glynne→

director · ~85y · appointed 2009-01-14 · resigned 2015-02-13

Resigned

MCLEOD, Donald James→

director · ~73y · appointed 2015-05-01 · resigned 2017-01-01

Resigned

MENG, Li Ying→

director · ~61y · appointed 2012-09-18 · resigned 2023-09-11

Resigned

PRENDERGAST, Mark→

director · ~68y · appointed 2004-07-01 · resigned 2011-09-14

Resigned

ROOKE, Michael→

director · ~62y · appointed 2014-01-01 · resigned 2017-01-01

Resigned

WILDING, Michael James Arthur→

director · ~82y · appointed 2015-03-01 · resigned 2023-09-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	30/01/2004	14/09/2021

Recent filings (125 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-02

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-03-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-02-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-02

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-11-29

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-09-12

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-09-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-02-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-02-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-02-14

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2021-09-14