BRITSAFE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02804326 · ltd · incorporated 1993-03-29
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Private security activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
8 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 31.1y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 31.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · 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.
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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
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 →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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £841,776
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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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 | £841.8k | £978.5k |
| Average employees | 531 | 54000 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
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
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 (44 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-09-29📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-09-29📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-09-29🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2023-09-29🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2023-08-31📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-08-30🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2023-03-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-01-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-01-01➕MORRIS, Deborah Jayne appointeddirector
- 2022-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-01📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-08-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-04-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-04-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-07-01➕THOMAS, Gareth Sion appointeddirector
- 2020-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-17🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
- 2018-10-29🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2018-10-29🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2018-10-29🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2018-10-29🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2018-10-22🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2018-06-21🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2013-02-19➖CODY, Susan Heather resignedsecretary
- 2006-02-20➖CODY, Susan Heather resigneddirector
- 1997-12-10🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1997-10-31🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1997-03-03🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Commercial Services Limited
- 1995-05-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1993-03-29🏢Company incorporatedAs BRITSAFE LIMITED
- 1993-03-29➕CODY, Paul John appointeddirector
- 1993-03-29➕CODY, Susan Heather appointedsecretary
- 1993-03-29➕RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1993-03-29➖RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1993-03-29➕CODY, Susan Heather appointeddirector
- 1993-03-29➕COHEN, Violet appointednominee-director
- 1993-03-29➖COHEN, Violet resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Britsafe Eot Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Britsafe Eot Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BRITSAFE LIMITED
This company · 02804326
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Britsafe Eot Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/04/2022 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Paul John Codyceased 11/10/2023· significant influence · trust interest · firm interest
- Mr Paul John Codyceased 01/04/2022· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80100 — Private security activities
Registered office
Britsafe House Britsafe Limited
Concorde Park
York
North Yorkshire
YO30 4WT
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
CODY, Paul John→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 1993-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MORRIS, Deborah Jayne→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2023-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THOMAS, Gareth Sion→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2021-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CODY, Susan Heather→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1993-03-29 · resigned 2013-02-19
RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-03-29 · resigned 1993-03-29
CODY, Susan Heather→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 1993-03-29 · resigned 2006-02-20
COHEN, Violet→
Resignednominee-director · ~94y · appointed 1993-03-29 · resigned 1993-03-29
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Mortgages & charges
8
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 30/08/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD | A registered charge | — | 17/02/2020 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/10/2018 | 29/09/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/06/2018 | 29/09/2023 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Fixed charge supplemental to a debenture dated 10TH may 1995 issued by the company | 1 property | 10/12/1997 | 29/10/2018 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/10/1997 | 29/10/2018 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Commercial Services Limited | Deed of charge | 1 property | 03/03/1997 | 29/10/2018 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 10/05/1995 | 29/10/2018 |
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Recent filings (106 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-11
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-09-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-09-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-03-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-17