BRAY & KRAIS SOLICITORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03172794 · ltd · incorporated 1996-03-11
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-3.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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 (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
76 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 £3,441

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£3k
↑ 38% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£6k-£4k-£3k-£2k-£1k£121Mar 2024Mar 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-3.4k£-5.6k
Current assets—£121
Debtors—£121
Net assets£-3.4k£-5.6k

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.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-03-15
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2016-03-15
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2016-03-15
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2016-01-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-04-28
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2001-06-11
    ➕
    KRAIS, Mark Justin appointed
    secretary
  17. 2001-06-11
    ➖
    BABBINGTON, Anthony George resigned
    secretary
  18. 2001-06-11
    ➖
    BABBINGTON, Anthony George resigned
    director
  19. 1999-05-24
    ➕
    KRAIS, Mark Justin appointed
    director
  20. 1996-03-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRAY & KRAIS SOLICITORS LIMITED
  21. 1996-03-11
    ➕
    BRAY, Richard Mark appointed
    director
  22. 1996-03-11
    ➕
    BABBINGTON, Anthony George appointed
    secretary
  23. 1996-03-11
    ➕
    BABBINGTON, Anthony George appointed
    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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRAY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Mark Bray
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Mark Justin Krais
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Anthony George Babbington
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Professional services · SW postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
128 KENNINGTON PARK ROAD FREEHOLD LIMITED→
13583735 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
4040 CONSULTING LTD→
13098714 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
A&B CONSULT LIMITED→
07039526 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
————16y——
A1 ACCOUNTING SERVICES LTD→
12576219 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
A1 TOOLS AND FIXINGS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED→
05023461 · est 2004 · no financials extracted
————22y——
A21 EVENTS UK LTD→
06795023 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
————17y——
A508 LIMITED→
07065010 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
————16y——
AA DRAFTING SOLUTIONS LTD→
08063072 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
————13y——
AA FROST LTD→
11695408 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
————7y——
AA PCO TRADE LIMITED→
14795563 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————3y——
AA PROPERTY CONSULTANCY LTD→
13695780 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
AAA ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD→
07165598 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
————16y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

Suite 10
Fulham Business Exchange
The Boulevard
London
SW6 2TL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KRAIS, Mark Justin→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRAY, Richard Mark→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KRAIS, Mark Justin→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BABBINGTON, Anthony George→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-11 · resigned 2001-06-11
Resigned
BABBINGTON, Anthony George→
director · ~65y · appointed 1996-03-11 · resigned 2001-06-11
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-11