BROOK FARM SAUSAGES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03564077 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-14

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 May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10130

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.6y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 25.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

77 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	900	100

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-05-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-04
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-02-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-08-12
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2017-08-08
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2009-01-31
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MCREYNOLDS, Stuart resigned
director
2004-04-27
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MCREYNOLDS, Stuart appointed
director
2001-01-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2000-01-31
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KOENTOPP, Pauline appointed
secretary
2000-01-31
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KOENTOPP, Klaus resigned
secretary
1998-08-06
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CORRIGAN, Sean Christopher resigned
director
1998-05-14
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Company incorporated
As BROOK FARM SAUSAGES LIMITED
1998-05-14
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KOENTOPP, Klaus appointed
director
1998-05-14
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KOENTOPP, Klaus appointed
secretary
1998-05-14
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-05-14
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-05-14
➕
CORRIGAN, Sean Christopher appointed
director
1998-05-14
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1998-05-14
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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

clean

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Klaus Koentopp Individual · German · DOB 09/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	01/07/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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.

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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

Incorporated1998-05-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10130 — SIC 10130

Registered office

Unit 1 1 Brook Road

London

N22 6TR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-28

Last: 2026-05-14

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

KOENTOPP, Pauline→

secretary · appointed 2000-01-31

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KOENTOPP, Klaus→

director · ~68y · appointed 1998-05-14

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

KOENTOPP, Klaus→

secretary · appointed 1998-05-14 · resigned 2000-01-31

Resigned

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-05-14 · resigned 1998-05-14

Resigned

CORRIGAN, Sean Christopher→

director · ~58y · appointed 1998-05-14 · resigned 1998-08-06

Resigned

MCREYNOLDS, Stuart→

director · ~63y · appointed 2004-04-27 · resigned 2009-01-31

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-05-14 · resigned 1998-05-14

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	03/01/2001	—

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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-07-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-05-07

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-08-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-02-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-02-28

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-06-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-15

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-06-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-05-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-05-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-24