BRANDLING CARPETS LTD

🌳Matureactive
03115232 · ltd · incorporated 1995-10-18
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£-42.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £42,810
Cash YoY
+7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21k
↑ 7.1% YoY
Net Worth
-£43k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£31k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£58k-£40k-£22k-£4k£14k£31kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£-23.4k£-29.4k
Current assets£31.5k£27.5k
Cash£21.1k£19.7k
Debtors£1.9k£1.3k
Net assets£-42.8k£-58.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-30
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  3. 2023-09-29
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  4. 2022-10-28
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  5. 2021-10-05
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  6. 2021-02-03
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  7. 2021-01-05
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2020-12-29
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    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2019-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-17
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  11. 2017-07-21
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-08-02
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-30
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  14. 2015-08-05
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-11-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2007-11-12
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    THOMPSON, Mark Lee resigned
    director
  17. 2002-03-01
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    THOMPSON, Ian William appointed
    director
  18. 2002-02-11
    ➖
    THOMPSON, Claire resigned
    director
  19. 1997-11-17
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    THOMPSON, Eileen appointed
    director
  20. 1996-02-01
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Mark Lee appointed
    director
  21. 1995-10-23
    ➖
    COLLINSON, Karen resigned
    director
  22. 1995-10-23
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Claire appointed
    director
  23. 1995-10-19
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Eileen appointed
    secretary
  24. 1995-10-19
    ➖
    CHANCERY BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1995-10-19
    ➕
    COLLINSON, Karen appointed
    director
  26. 1995-10-19
    ➖
    COWAN, Stanford Russell resigned
    nominee-director
  27. 1995-10-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BRANDLING CARPETS LTD
  28. 1995-10-18
    ➕
    CHANCERY BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1995-10-18
    ➕
    COWAN, Stanford Russell appointed
    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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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 Ian William Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 05/1955 · age 71
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47530 — Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores

Registered office

176 Back High Street
Gosforth
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE3 2BY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

THOMPSON, Eileen→
secretary · appointed 1995-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Eileen→
director · ~76y · appointed 1997-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Ian William→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHANCERY BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-10-18 · resigned 1995-10-19
Resigned
COLLINSON, Karen→
director · ~57y · appointed 1995-10-19 · resigned 1995-10-23
Resigned
COWAN, Stanford Russell→
nominee-director · ~90y · appointed 1995-10-18 · resigned 1995-10-19
Resigned
THOMPSON, Claire→
director · ~51y · appointed 1995-10-23 · resigned 2002-02-11
Resigned
THOMPSON, Mark Lee→
director · ~50y · appointed 1996-02-01 · resigned 2007-11-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

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2025-10-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-03
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-23