SEABROOK DEVELOPMENTS LTD

💤Zombieactive

03561495 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-11

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (53/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 25.8y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 25.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

89 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Average employees	11	1100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

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Charge registered #10
Lender: Gbf Capital Limited
2018-08-24
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Neil Trevor Fulcher
2017-08-24
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Neil Trevor Fulcher
2017-08-24
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Gbf Capital Limited
2016-08-25
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Lender: Gbf Capital Limited
2016-08-25
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Neil Trevor Fulcher
2013-08-23
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Lender: Neil Trevor Fulcher
2013-08-23
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Gbf Capital Limited
2012-12-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2000-09-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
1998-09-14
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FULCHER, Carina Ann appointed
secretary
1998-09-04
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FULCHER, Neil Trevor appointed
director
1998-09-04
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TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
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1998-09-04
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TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED resigned
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1998-05-11
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Company incorporated
As SEABROOK DEVELOPMENTS LTD
1998-05-11
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TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
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1998-05-11
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TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

93/100

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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Brooksea Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Brooksea Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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SEABROOK DEVELOPMENTS LTD

This company · 03561495

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Brooksea Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Neil Trevor Fulcher Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-05-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

Woodlands South Hanningfield Road

South Hanningfield

Chelmsford

Essex

CM3 8HQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-25

Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

FULCHER, Carina Ann→

secretary · appointed 1998-09-14

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FULCHER, Neil Trevor→

director · ~64y · appointed 1998-09-04

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-05-11 · resigned 1998-09-04

Resigned

TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-05-11 · resigned 1998-09-04

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Gbf Capital Gbf Capital Limited	A registered charge	2 properties	24/08/2018	17/01/2024
satisfied	Neil Trevor Fulcher	A registered charge	3 properties	24/08/2018	17/01/2024
satisfied	Neil Trevor Fulcher	A registered charge	3 properties	24/08/2017	17/01/2024
satisfied	Gbf Capital Gbf Capital Limited	A registered charge	2 properties	24/08/2017	17/01/2024
satisfied	Gbf Capital Gbf Capital Limited	A registered charge	2 properties	25/08/2016	17/01/2024
satisfied	Neil Trevor Fulcher	A registered charge	3 properties	25/08/2016	17/01/2024
satisfied	Neil Trevor Fulcher	A registered charge	1 property	23/08/2013	17/01/2024
satisfied	Gbf Capital Gbf Capital Limited	A registered charge	1 property	23/08/2013	17/01/2024
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Legal mortgage	2 properties	21/12/2012	17/01/2024
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	18/09/2000	—

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Recent filings (89 total)

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2025-05-15

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accounts · AA

2025-05-09

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accounts · AA

2024-05-29

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-21

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mortgage · MR04

2024-01-17

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