BRACKENHILL TOWER LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
03125409 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-13
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£129.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
81 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
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £129,076
Cash YoY
+16%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£181k
↑ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£129k
↑ 9.2% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £134.0k | £123.9k |
| Current assets | — | £155.3k |
| Cash | £180.8k | £155.3k |
| Net assets | £129.1k | £118.2k |
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.
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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-30📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-01-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-11📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2004-04-23➕RITCHIE, Janice Paulette appointedsecretary
- 2004-04-23➕RITCHIE, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2004-04-23➖CARLYLE, Thomas David resignedsecretary
- 2004-04-23➖CARLYLE, George Nelson resigneddirector
- 2004-04-23➖CARLYLE, John Stobart resigneddirector
- 2004-04-23➖CARLYLE, Ruth Eleanor resigneddirector
- 2004-04-23➖CARLYLE, Thomas David resigneddirector
- 1995-12-15➕CARLYLE, Thomas David appointedsecretary
- 1995-12-15➖DICKINSON DEES resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1995-12-15➖CARE, Timothy James resignednominee-director
- 1995-12-15➕CARLYLE, George Nelson appointeddirector
- 1995-12-15➕CARLYLE, John Stobart appointeddirector
- 1995-12-15➕CARLYLE, Ruth Eleanor appointeddirector
- 1995-12-15➕CARLYLE, Thomas David appointeddirector
- 1995-11-13🏢Company incorporatedAs BRACKENHILL TOWER LIMITED
- 1995-11-13➕DICKINSON DEES appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1995-11-13➕CARE, Timothy James appointednominee-director
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Ritchie Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
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.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
Brackenhill Tower
Brackenhill Estate
Near Longtown
Cumbria
CA6 5TU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13
Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)
RITCHIE, Janice Paulette→
Activesecretary · appointed 2004-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RITCHIE, Andrew→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2004-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CARLYLE, Thomas David→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-12-15 · resigned 2004-04-23
DICKINSON DEES→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-11-13 · resigned 1995-12-15
CARE, Timothy James→
Resignednominee-director · ~65y · appointed 1995-11-13 · resigned 1995-12-15
CARLYLE, George Nelson→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 1995-12-15 · resigned 2004-04-23
CARLYLE, John Stobart→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 1995-12-15 · resigned 2004-04-23
CARLYLE, Ruth Eleanor→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · appointed 1995-12-15 · resigned 2004-04-23
CARLYLE, Thomas David→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 1995-12-15 · resigned 2004-04-23
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Recent filings (81 total)
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2025-11-13
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2025-01-21
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2024-11-22
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2024-01-29
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2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2023-01-30
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2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2022-01-28
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2021-11-19
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2021-01-25
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2020-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2020-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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