BRADNAM PROPERTY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03486407 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-29
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400400

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-06-10
    ➖
    BRADNAM, Margaret Joan resigned
    director
  3. 2026-04-20
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-02-16
    ➖
    BRADNAM, Donald Jack resigned
    director
  5. 2025-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-16
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  14. 2018-01-16
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  15. 2018-01-15
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2018-01-15
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2018-01-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2009-12-15
    ➕
    BRADNAM, Denise Ann appointed
    director
  19. 2004-04-01
    ➕
    JAMESON, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  20. 1997-12-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRADNAM PROPERTY LIMITED
  21. 1997-12-29
    ➕
    BRADNAM, Denise Ann appointed
    secretary
  22. 1997-12-29
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-12-29
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-12-29
    ➕
    BRADNAM, Donald Jack appointed
    director
  25. 1997-12-29
    ➕
    BRADNAM, Margaret Joan appointed
    director
  26. 1997-12-29
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1997-12-29
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRADNAM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BRADNAM, Donald Jack resigned 2026-02-16; BRADNAM, Margaret Joan resigned 2026-06-10

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Nicholas Cullen
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/09/2017
Mr Donald Jack Bradnam
Individual · British · DOB 11/1939 · age 87
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/09/2017
Mrs Margaret Joan Bradnam
Individual · British · DOB 07/1941 · age 85
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/09/2017
Ms Denise Ann Bradnam
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-12-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Tawny House
Homestall Crescent
Withersfield Haverhill
Suffolk
CB9 7SP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BRADNAM, Denise Ann→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADNAM, Denise Ann→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JAMESON, Susan Jane→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-29 · resigned 1997-12-29
Resigned
BRADNAM, Donald Jack→
director · ~87y · appointed 1997-12-29 · resigned 2026-02-16
Resigned
BRADNAM, Margaret Joan→
director · ~85y · appointed 1997-12-29 · resigned 2026-06-10
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-12-29 · resigned 1997-12-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-17