BRENDON LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02291340 · ltd · incorporated 1988-08-31
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 18.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£3.93M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28131
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 28132SIC 28132
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 89-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 89). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.5y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £3,930,697
Net assets shrinking
Down £86,530 YoY
Cash YoY
-0%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.9m
~ YoY
Net Worth
£3.9m
↓ 2.2% YoY
Current Assets
£4.2m
↑ 4.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.06M | £4.12M |
| Current assets | £4.21M | £4.03M |
| Cash | £1.91M | £1.92M |
| Debtors | £1.27M | £976.9k |
| Net assets | £3.93M | £4.02M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-07-03🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-12📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-09-12🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-03-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-03-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-03-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-02-13📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-05-21➕FOSTER, Thomas John appointeddirector
- 2018-03-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2009-11-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: South West of England Regional Development Agency
- 2008-01-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2002-05-23➖HENDY, William Hughes resigneddirector
- 1988-08-31🏢Company incorporatedAs BRENDON LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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.)
Group structure
Brendon Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Brendon Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BRENDON LIMITED
This company · 02291340
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brendon Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 26/01/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Christopher William Hendyceased 26/01/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Robert John Hendyceased 26/01/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-08-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28131 — SIC 28131
Registered office
Nunnington Park House
Wiveliscombe
Taunton
Somerset
TA4 2AD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
Active
FOSTER, Thomas John→
Activedirector · ~89y · appointed 2018-05-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
HENDY, William Hughes→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · resigned 2002-05-23
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | South West of England Regional Development Agency | Deed of debenture | 1 property | 30/11/2009 | 03/07/2025 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 08/01/2008 | 12/09/2024 |
Recent filings (107 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-03-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-06
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16