BRAUN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03085847 · ltd · incorporated 1995-07-31

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£9.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.1y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 25.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

96 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £9,127

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£13k

Net Worth

£9k

Current Assets

£13k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£9.1k	—
Current assets	£13.4k	—
Cash	£13.4k	—
Net assets	£9.1k	—

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-18
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-18
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-11
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SHEPHERD, Ryan Lee appointed
director
2024-11-11
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SHEPHERD, Barry Roy resigned
director
2024-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-14
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-19
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2019-07-17
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LYON, Lucy Marie appointed
secretary
2019-07-17
➖
SHEPHERD, Tracey Marie resigned
secretary
2012-02-23
➕
SHEPHERD, Tracey Marie appointed
secretary
2012-02-22
➖
WILLIAMSON, David Michael resigned
secretary
2009-10-01
➖
SHEPHERD, Tracey Marie resigned
secretary
2009-05-20
➕
WILLIAMSON, David Michael appointed
secretary
2009-05-19
➖
HUME, John resigned
secretary
2006-01-24
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HUME, John appointed
secretary
2003-05-24
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HUME, John resigned
secretary
2003-05-24
➕
SHEPHERD, Tracey Marie appointed
secretary
2001-04-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
1998-01-26
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HUME, John appointed
secretary
1998-01-02
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ABACUS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1995-07-31
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Company incorporated
As BRAUN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
1995-07-31
➕
ABACUS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1995-07-31
➕
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-07-31
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-07-31
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SHEPHERD, Barry Roy appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ryan Lee Shepherd Individual · British · DOB 12/1997 · age 29	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	11/11/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Barry Roy Shepherdceased 11/11/2024· 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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1995-07-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

20-21 Park Terrace

Whitby

North Yorkshire

YO21 1PN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-08

Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

LYON, Lucy Marie→

secretary · appointed 2019-07-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SHEPHERD, Ryan Lee→

director · ~29y · appointed 2024-11-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HUME, John→

secretary · appointed 2006-01-24 · resigned 2009-05-19

Resigned

HUME, John→

secretary · appointed 1998-01-26 · resigned 2003-05-24

Resigned

SHEPHERD, Tracey Marie→

secretary · appointed 2012-02-23 · resigned 2019-07-17

Resigned

SHEPHERD, Tracey Marie→

secretary · appointed 2003-05-24 · resigned 2009-10-01

Resigned

WILLIAMSON, David Michael→

secretary · appointed 2009-05-20 · resigned 2012-02-22

Resigned

ABACUS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-07-31 · resigned 1998-01-02

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-07-31 · resigned 1995-07-31

Resigned

SHEPHERD, Barry Roy→

director · ~77y · appointed 1995-07-31 · resigned 2024-11-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	23/04/2001	—

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Recent filings (96 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2026-04-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-02

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-11-26

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-06-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-05-14

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-24

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2024-11-18

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2024-11-18

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-11-18

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-11-18

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-11-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-03-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-04-20