BRAETHORN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03424448 · ltd · incorporated 1997-08-26
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£76.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -30% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
77 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £76,212
Cash YoY
-30%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£76k
↑ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£121k
↑ 9.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£24k£49k£73k£97k£121kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£76.6k£55.9k
Current assets£121.4k£110.7k
Cash£5.4k£7.7k
Debtors£116.0k£103.0k
Net assets£76.2k£55.3k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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  2. 2025-04-02
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  3. 2024-02-21
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  4. 2023-03-07
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  5. 2022-08-30
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  6. 2022-08-01
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  7. 2021-04-28
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-17
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-28
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  10. 2019-08-28
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  11. 2019-08-28
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  12. 2019-08-28
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  13. 2019-03-04
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  14. 2018-02-22
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  15. 2017-04-18
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  16. 1997-10-16
    ➕
    SCHOFIELD, Jane appointed
    secretary
  17. 1997-10-16
    ➕
    SCHOFIELD, Steven William appointed
    director
  18. 1997-10-16
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 1997-10-16
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 1997-08-26
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    Company incorporated
    As BRAETHORN LIMITED
  21. 1997-08-26
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-08-26
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jane Schofield
Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Steven William Schofield
Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-08-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

15 Newland
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN1 1XG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SCHOFIELD, Jane→
secretary · appointed 1997-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCHOFIELD, Steven William→
director · ~73y · appointed 1997-10-16
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Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-08-26 · resigned 1997-10-16
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-08-26 · resigned 1997-10-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

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2026-04-22
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2025-08-28
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2025-04-02
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2024-09-23
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2024-02-21
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2023-09-06
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2023-03-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-30
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officers · CH01
2022-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-28