BROWN RECYCLING LIMITED
- · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
- · Currently "declining"
- 38120SIC 38120
- 38210SIC 38210
- 46770SIC 46770
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 6 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
Refinance opportunity
8 live charges · oldest 36.0y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 36.0 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: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £377.6k | £1.07M |
| Average employees | 119 | 10600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals 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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-04-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-01-11✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-12-08📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-06➕BROWN, Dominique Michelle appointeddirector
- 2022-04-06➕BROWN, Mitchel Roderick appointeddirector
- 2021-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-04-25🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2011-07-29🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2011-06-20➖BROWN, William Herbert resigneddirector
- 2007-09-24🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2007-01-11🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2002-09-11➕BROWN, Roderick William appointedsecretary
- 2002-09-11➖BROWN, Glenys Margaret resignedsecretary
- 2002-01-31🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1991-06-27🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1990-06-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1990-05-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1989-11-01🏢Company incorporatedAs BROWN RECYCLING LIMITED
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BROWN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BROWN, Dominique Michelle (same surname) appointed 2022-04-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Group structure
H Brown & Son Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
H Brown & Son Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 24/01/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Roderick William Brownceased 24/01/2023· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/04/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 29/07/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 24/09/2007 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 11/01/2007 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/01/2002 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 27/06/1991 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 15/06/1990 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 09/05/1990 | — |