BROOKE KENSINGTON LTD

🌳Matureactive
02859770 · ltd · incorporated 1993-10-06
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 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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 (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
82 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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Current Liabilities
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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 employees300300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-08-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-23
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2018-11-12
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    DAVIS, Susan Margaret appointed
    director
  13. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-10-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2010-10-01
    ➖
    BAKER, Christine Pearl resigned
    secretary
  18. 1997-01-16
    ➕
    BAKER, Christine Pearl appointed
    secretary
  19. 1997-01-16
    ➖
    DAVIS, Susan resigned
    secretary
  20. 1995-08-25
    ➕
    DAVIS, Susan appointed
    secretary
  21. 1995-08-25
    ➖
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1993-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As BROOKE KENSINGTON LTD
  23. 1993-10-06
    ➕
    DAVIS, Jack Havelock appointed
    director
  24. 1993-10-06
    ➕
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1993-10-06
    ➕
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1993-10-06
    ➖
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 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

96/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Susan Margaret Davis
Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control04/08/2025
Mr Jack Havelock Davis
Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1993-10-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

E6 Telford Road
Bicester
Oxfordshire
OX26 4LD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

DAVIS, Jack Havelock→
director · ~73y · appointed 1993-10-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIS, Susan Margaret→
director · ~74y · appointed 2018-11-12
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Active
BAKER, Christine Pearl→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-16 · resigned 2010-10-01
Resigned
DAVIS, Susan→
secretary · appointed 1995-08-25 · resigned 1997-01-16
Resigned
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-10-06 · resigned 1995-08-25
Resigned
FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-10-06 · resigned 1993-10-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-30