BRETTON ARCHITECTURAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02568368 · ltd · incorporated 1990-12-13
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
98 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees272600

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-09
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2025-10-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-10-06
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  5. 2025-05-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-05-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-12-09
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  9. 2024-12-05
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  10. 2024-10-29
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    IGOE, Peter Thomas resigned
    director
  11. 2024-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-04-11
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-04-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2022-04-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2022-04-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2022-03-12
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    O'SULLIVAN, Sandra resigned
    secretary
  18. 2022-03-12
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    O'SULLIVAN, Sandra resigned
    director
  19. 2022-03-11
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    MCNEE, Philip David William appointed
    director
  20. 2021-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2010-07-01
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    O'SULLIVAN, Matthew appointed
    director
  24. 2004-11-25
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    IGOE, Peter Thomas appointed
    director
  25. 1993-03-11
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    O'SULLIVAN, Sandra appointed
    secretary
  26. 1990-12-13
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    Company incorporated
    As BRETTON ARCHITECTURAL LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Joseph O'Sullivan
Individual · British · DOB 11/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Peter Thomas Igoeceased 29/10/2024· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-12-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25120 — SIC 25120

Registered office

Broughton Mills Road
Bretton
Chester
Cheshire
CH4 0DH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MCNEE, Philip David William→
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-03-11
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Active
O'SULLIVAN, James Joseph→
director · ~74y
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Active
O'SULLIVAN, Matthew→
director · ~44y · appointed 2010-07-01
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Active
O'SULLIVAN, Sandra→
secretary · appointed 1993-03-11 · resigned 2022-03-12
Resigned
IGOE, Peter Thomas→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-11-25 · resigned 2024-10-29
Resigned
O'SULLIVAN, Sandra→
director · ~73y · resigned 2022-03-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (98 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-10-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-10-09
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-10-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-12-09
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07