BRENT SCAFFOLD BOARDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02764812 · ltd · incorporated 1992-11-16

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 32.5y

25/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 32.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

96 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £66,723

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£-66.7k	£-189.1k
Average employees	2600	2300

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2025-10-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-12
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officers · AP01
2019-07-12
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officers · AP01
2019-04-01
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APPLEBY, Jonathan David appointed
director
2019-04-01
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APPLEBY, Oliver James appointed
director
2018-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2017-01-09
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auditors-resignation-limited-company
auditors · AA03
2017-01-03
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auditors-resignation-company
auditors · AUD
2016-10-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2015-11-27
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annual-return · AR01
2014-04-17
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Charge satisfied #3
2014-04-17
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Charge satisfied #2
2014-03-31
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2000-03-04
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Charge satisfied #1
2000-02-29
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APPLEBY, Maureen Linda appointed
director
2000-02-29
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
2000-01-25
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INMAN, Joan Christine resigned
director
1999-04-13
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INMAN, Joan Christine appointed
director
1998-10-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
1993-12-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Brown Shipley & Co Limited
1992-11-16
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Company incorporated
As BRENT SCAFFOLD BOARDS LIMITED
1992-11-16
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APPLEBY, Maureen Linda appointed
secretary
1992-11-16
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APPLEBY, David Anthony appointed
director
1992-11-16
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THOMAS, Howard appointed
nominee-secretary
1992-11-16
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THOMAS, Howard resigned
nominee-secretary
1992-11-16
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TESTER, William Andrew Joseph appointed
nominee-director
1992-11-16
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TESTER, William Andrew Joseph resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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 ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Anthony Appleby Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Maureen Linda Appleby Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1992-11-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Breighton Airfield

Breighton

Selby

North Yorkshire

YO8 6DJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-13

Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

APPLEBY, Maureen Linda→

secretary · appointed 1992-11-16

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Active

APPLEBY, David Anthony→

director · ~72y · appointed 1992-11-16

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Active

APPLEBY, Jonathan David→

director · ~42y · appointed 2019-04-01

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Active

APPLEBY, Maureen Linda→

director · ~67y · appointed 2000-02-29

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Active

APPLEBY, Oliver James→

director · ~44y · appointed 2019-04-01

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Active

THOMAS, Howard→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-11-16 · resigned 1992-11-16

Resigned

INMAN, Joan Christine→

director · ~84y · appointed 1999-04-13 · resigned 2000-01-25

Resigned

TESTER, William Andrew Joseph→

nominee-director · ~64y · appointed 1992-11-16 · resigned 1992-11-16

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	31/03/2014	—
satisfied	The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland	Debenture incorporating legal charge	1 property	29/02/2000	17/04/2014
satisfied	The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland	Charge and negative pledge	1 property	23/10/1998	17/04/2014
satisfied	Brown Shipley & Co Brown Shipley & Co Limited	Mortgage debenture	1 property	14/12/1993	04/03/2000

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