DE BRUS COURT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02048076 · ltd · incorporated 1986-08-19

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£17.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

45 officers (5 active, 45 linked, 43 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

189 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £16,955

Net assets shrinking

Down £22,092 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£17k

↓ 57% YoY

Current Assets

£21k

↓ 53% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£17.0k	£39.0k
Current assets	£20.8k	£44.4k
Net assets	£17.0k	£39.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (92 events)Click to expand

2026-01-12
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2025-12-22
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FORSTER, Norma resigned
director
2025-12-22
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ROGERS, James resigned
director
2025-12-22
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WHITE, Darren resigned
director
2025-12-22
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officers · TM01
2025-12-22
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officers · TM01
2025-12-22
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officers · TM01
2025-12-02
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officers · TM01
2025-09-30
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BODYCOMBE, David Aneurin resigned
director
2025-03-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
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officers · AP01
2023-05-26
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officers · AP01
2023-05-25
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accounts · AA
2023-05-13
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MULLEN, Francis appointed
director
2023-05-13
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OATWAY, Jonathan appointed
director
2022-07-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-25
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COONEY, Sarah resigned
director
2022-06-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-25
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accounts · AA
2020-06-19
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SNOWDON, Eric Peter resigned
director
2020-06-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-02-25
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accounts · AA
2019-01-02
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officers · TM01
2018-12-31
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DOBSON, Robert William resigned
director
2018-07-09
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COONEY, Sarah appointed
director
2018-07-09
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FORSTER, Norma appointed
director
2018-07-09
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RICHARDSON, Shirley resigned
director
2018-07-09
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ROGERS, James appointed
director
2018-07-09
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WHITE, Darren appointed
director
2017-10-26
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SNOWDEN, Peter resigned
director
2017-10-16
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BODYCOMBE, David Aneurin appointed
director
2017-10-16
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HALL, Denise resigned
director
2017-02-13
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BEADLE, Rita resigned
director
2017-01-01
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SNOWDON, Eric Peter appointed
director
2016-12-22
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SNOWDEN, Peter appointed
director
2015-05-31
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CUNION, Jean resigned
director
2015-04-01
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BEADLE, Rita appointed
director
2014-11-25
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CUNION, Jean resigned
director
2014-11-25
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HALL, Denide resigned
director
2014-05-01
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CUNION, Jean appointed
director
2014-05-01
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CUNION, Jean appointed
director
2014-01-08
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MILNE, Alastair Runcie resigned
director
2014-01-01
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HALL, Denide appointed
director
2014-01-01
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HALL, Denise appointed
director
2013-11-01
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FORSTER, Norma resigned
director
2012-11-07
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HALL, Denise resigned
director
2012-03-23
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HALL, Denise appointed
director
2012-03-23
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MILNE, Alastair Runcie appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 92 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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 ·

4 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BODYCOMBE, David Aneurin resigned 2025-09-30; FORSTER, Norma resigned 2025-12-22; ROGERS, James resigned 2025-12-22

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1986-08-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

10 De Brus Court 10 De Brus Court

Marine Parade

Saltburn-By-The-Sea

Cleveland

TS12 1EH

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-03

Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (5 active · 40 resigned)

GOSSAGE, Pamela→

secretary · appointed 2006-06-13

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Active

GOSSAGE, Pamela→

director · ~76y · appointed 2005-06-14

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Active

HALLIDAY, Iain→

director · ~63y · appointed 2008-08-07

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Active

MULLEN, Francis→

director · ~71y · appointed 2023-05-13

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Active

OATWAY, Jonathan→

director · ~56y · appointed 2023-05-13

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Active

HALFORD, Doreen Lee→

secretary · resigned 2006-06-13

Resigned

ADAMS, Betty Margaret→

director · ~104y · appointed 1995-05-30 · resigned 2005-03-01

Resigned

BARNES, Donald Oswald→

director · ~94y · resigned 1994-06-03

Resigned

BEADLE, Rita→

director · ~85y · appointed 2015-04-01 · resigned 2017-02-13

Resigned

BODYCOMBE, David Aneurin→

director · ~81y · appointed 2017-10-16 · resigned 2025-09-30

Resigned

BOWEN, Alan→

director · ~101y · resigned 1996-04-26

Resigned

CLAYTON, William Thomas→

director · ~87y · appointed 2004-06-22 · resigned 2012-02-21

Resigned

COONEY, Sarah→

director · ~44y · appointed 2018-07-09 · resigned 2022-06-25

Resigned

CUNION, Jean→

director · ~33y · appointed 2014-05-01 · resigned 2014-11-25

Resigned

CUNION, Jean→

director · ~74y · appointed 2014-05-01 · resigned 2015-05-31

Resigned

DEAN, Edwin Alfred Charles→

director · ~114y · resigned 2004-06-22

Resigned

DOBSON, Robert William→

director · ~99y · appointed 1996-07-25 · resigned 2018-12-31

Resigned

FORSTER, Norma→

director · ~90y · appointed 2018-07-09 · resigned 2025-12-22

Resigned

FORSTER, Norma→

director · ~90y · appointed 2012-03-18 · resigned 2013-11-01

Resigned

FUTTER, Joseph→

director · ~97y · appointed 1997-05-20 · resigned 2006-06-13

Resigned

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Recent filings (189 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-01-12

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

officers · TM01

2025-12-22

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

officers · TM01

2025-12-22

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

officers · TM01

2025-12-22

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

officers · TM01

2025-12-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-06-07

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-02

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

officers · AP01

2023-05-26

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

officers · AP01

2023-05-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-05-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-09

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

officers · TM01

2022-07-04