BRAYFORD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02421256 · ltd · incorporated 1989-09-08
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 32.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£4.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 32.9y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
115 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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 £4,175

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£4k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£4k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£835£2k£3k£3k£4kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£4.2k£4.2k
Current assets£4.2k£4.2k
Net assets£4.2k£4.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-22
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  3. 2023-08-29
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  4. 2022-10-21
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    KOK, Robbie Alexander Jan appointed
    secretary
  5. 2022-10-21
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Edward Christopher Paul appointed
    director
  6. 2022-10-21
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Frederick Edward appointed
    director
  7. 2022-10-21
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    KOK, Herman Frans Frederik resigned
    secretary
  8. 2022-10-21
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    CHAMBERS, David Christopher resigned
    director
  9. 2022-10-21
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    KOK, Herman Frans Frederik resigned
    director
  10. 2022-10-21
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  11. 2022-10-21
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  12. 2022-10-21
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  13. 2022-10-21
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  14. 2022-10-21
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  15. 2022-10-21
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  16. 2022-08-25
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  17. 2021-08-27
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  18. 2021-01-29
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    JACKSON, Simon resigned
    director
  19. 2021-01-29
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  20. 2020-08-19
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  21. 2019-08-14
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  22. 2018-08-22
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  23. 2017-08-22
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  24. 2010-05-06
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    AGAR, Tom resigned
    director
  25. 1996-09-25
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    HODGKINSON, Paul Richard resigned
    director
  26. 1996-08-30
    ➖
    POLKEY, John Albert resigned
    director
  27. 1994-10-14
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    AGAR, Tom appointed
    director
  28. 1994-10-14
    ➕
    HODGKINSON, Paul Richard appointed
    director
  29. 1994-10-14
    ➕
    JACKSON, Simon appointed
    director
  30. 1994-10-14
    ➕
    POLKEY, John Albert appointed
    director
  31. 1993-08-23
    ➖
    HIGHAM, James David resigned
    director
  32. 1993-07-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  33. 1989-09-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BRAYFORD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Lindum Group Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Lindum Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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BRAYFORD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED
This company · 02421256

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Lindum Group Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1989-09-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Lindum Business Park
Station Road, North Hykeham
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN6 3QX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last: 2026-05-17

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

KOK, Robbie Alexander Jan→
secretary · appointed 2022-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAMBERS, Edward Christopher Paul→
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAMBERS, Frederick Edward→
director · ~44y · appointed 2022-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KOK, Herman Frans Frederik→
secretary · resigned 2022-10-21
Resigned
AGAR, Tom→
director · ~95y · appointed 1994-10-14 · resigned 2010-05-06
Resigned
CHAMBERS, David Christopher→
director · ~70y · resigned 2022-10-21
Resigned
HIGHAM, James David→
director · ~84y · resigned 1993-08-23
Resigned
HODGKINSON, Paul Richard→
director · ~70y · appointed 1994-10-14 · resigned 1996-09-25
Resigned
JACKSON, Simon→
director · ~69y · appointed 1994-10-14 · resigned 2021-01-29
Resigned
KOK, Herman Frans Frederik→
director · ~76y · resigned 2022-10-21
Resigned
POLKEY, John Albert→
director · ~92y · appointed 1994-10-14 · resigned 1996-08-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property28/07/1993—
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Recent filings (115 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-10-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-10-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25