5K BRICKWORKS LTD
🌳Matureactive
03162913 · ltd · incorporated 1996-02-22
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£20.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £19,968
Cash YoY
+35%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£104k
↑ 35% YoY
Net Worth
£20k
↑ 578% YoY
Current Assets
£104k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £22.0k | £10.9k |
| Current assets | £104.1k | £91.5k |
| Cash | £104.1k | £76.8k |
| Debtors | — | £8.8k |
| Net assets | £20.0k | £2.9k |
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
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-18📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-01-17📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-11-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2016-10-03➕SINGH, Jaswinder appointeddirector
- 2016-10-03➖SINGH RAI, Sukhbir resignedsecretary
- 1996-02-23➕SINGH RAI, Jagjit appointeddirector
- 1996-02-23➕SINGH RAI, Sukhbir appointedsecretary
- 1996-02-23➖WILLIAMS, Philip Hugh resignednominee-secretary
- 1996-02-23➖WATLING, Peter John resignednominee-director
- 1996-02-22🏢Company incorporatedAs 5K BRICKWORKS LTD
- 1996-02-22➕WILLIAMS, Philip Hugh appointednominee-secretary
- 1996-02-22➕WATLING, Peter John appointednominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jaswinder Singh Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 04/10/2016 |
Mr Jagjit Singh Rai Individual · British · DOB 01/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-02-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Registered office
Ckr House
East Hill
Dartford
Kent
DA1 1RZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
SINGH, Jaswinder→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2016-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SINGH RAI, Jagjit→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 1996-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SINGH RAI, Sukhbir→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-02-23 · resigned 2016-10-03
WILLIAMS, Philip Hugh→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1996-02-22 · resigned 1996-02-23
WATLING, Peter John→
Resignednominee-director · ~70y · appointed 1996-02-22 · resigned 1996-02-23
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Recent filings (79 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-16