BRAL TRUSTEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03703165 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1999-01-28
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
—
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: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). 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
30 officers (3 active, 30 linked, 25 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
140 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.

Key financials

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

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (76 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-09
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-02-09
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-10-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-21
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-10-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-27
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-02-08
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2021-09-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-14
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-09-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-07-02
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-06-30
    ➖
    KELLY, Noel Ronald resigned
    director
  15. 2020-05-19
    📄
    auditors-resignation-company
    auditors · AUD
  16. 2020-05-15
    ➖
    AINLEY, Giles Mathew resigned
    director
  17. 2020-05-15
    ➖
    BREGAZZI, Jonathan Coates resigned
    director
  18. 2020-05-15
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-05-15
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2019-10-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-03-27
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  22. 2018-09-20
    ➖
    WORTHINGTON, Duncan Keith resigned
    director
  23. 2018-01-31
    ➕
    KELLY, Noel Ronald appointed
    director
  24. 2017-12-31
    ➖
    EGERTON-VERNON, Michael Paul resigned
    director
  25. 2014-09-01
    ➕
    BARRS, Roger Geoffrey appointed
    director
  26. 2014-05-19
    ➕
    BREGAZZI, Jonathan Coates appointed
    director
  27. 2014-05-19
    ➕
    EGERTON-VERNON, Michael Paul appointed
    director
  28. 2014-05-19
    ➕
    WORTHINGTON, Duncan Keith appointed
    director
  29. 2014-01-19
    ➖
    VANDERPUMP, Charles Peter Arthur resigned
    director
  30. 2013-11-29
    ➖
    TARBET, David Alan resigned
    director
  31. 2013-07-28
    ➖
    WILSON, James Scott resigned
    director
  32. 2008-12-10
    ➕
    TARBET, David Alan appointed
    director
  33. 2008-09-03
    ➖
    ASTLEY, Christopher Andrew resigned
    director
  34. 2007-09-07
    ➕
    VANDERPUMP, Charles Peter Arthur appointed
    director
  35. 2007-08-01
    ➖
    BRADLEY, Michael Denis resigned
    secretary
  36. 2007-07-23
    ➕
    BOAL & CO PENSIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  37. 2007-03-28
    ➖
    FEATHERSTONE, Thomas resigned
    director
  38. 2007-03-22
    ➖
    NEILL, David William Robert resigned
    director
  39. 2006-10-23
    ➕
    AINLEY, Giles Mathew appointed
    director
  40. 2005-12-08
    ➕
    FEATHERSTONE, Thomas appointed
    director
  41. 2005-10-31
    ➖
    COLLISTER, Barry resigned
    director
  42. 2004-11-01
    ➕
    COLLISTER, Barry appointed
    director
  43. 2004-11-01
    ➖
    KILGARIF, Denis resigned
    director
  44. 2004-05-17
    ➖
    BAMBER, Brendan Francis resigned
    director
  45. 2004-05-17
    ➕
    WILSON, James Scott appointed
    director
  46. 2003-07-23
    ➕
    MANKTELOW, Keith Graham appointed
    director
  47. 2003-06-30
    ➖
    CANTY, Roderic Neil resigned
    director
  48. 2003-02-02
    ➖
    BELSHAW, Edmund Barry resigned
    director
  49. 2002-10-23
    ➕
    ASTLEY, Christopher Andrew appointed
    director
  50. 2002-10-23
    ➖
    MCFARLANE, Graham Robert resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 76 events

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Phaedra Selina Bird
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control29/11/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Fbe Realisation 2021 Limited (In Administration) - (Previously Flybe Limited)ceased 29/12/2023· 75-100% shares · board control · significant influence · trust interest
  • Flybe Group Plcceased 22/02/2019· board control · trust interest · firm interest

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 · Other · B postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
BLIGHTY MANUFACTURING LIMITED→
13562538 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
BOSS COMMERCIALS LIMITED→
12736161 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
BOSSECO LTD→
15792742 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
BOWERS PRECISION ENGINEERS LIMITED→
04779892 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
————22y——
BRACHER BROTHERS LIMITED→
00666473 · est 1960 · no financials extracted
————65y——
BRANDVESTOR LIMITED→
10026959 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
————10y——
BREESE ESTATES LTD→
12492259 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————6y——
BRIDGE STEEL SECTIONS LIMITED→
01601346 · est 1981 · no financials extracted
————44y——
BRIDGING BRAINS CIC→
15514137 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————2y——
BRIGHT BUBBLES LTD→
14581330 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————3y——
BRIGHT LEMON CONSULTING LTD→
14924409 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
BRIGHTLOVE FILM LIMITED→
09061276 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
————11y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1999-01-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

1st Floor Black Country House
Rounds Green Road
Oldbury
West Midlands
B69 2DG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (3 active · 27 resigned)

BOAL & CO PENSIONS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARRS, Roger Geoffrey→
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MANKTELOW, Keith Graham→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELSHAW, Edmund Barry→
secretary · appointed 2000-02-01 · resigned 2001-08-01
Resigned
BRADLEY, Michael Denis→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-01 · resigned 2007-08-01
Resigned
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-01-28 · resigned 1999-10-14
Resigned
AINLEY, Giles Mathew→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-10-23 · resigned 2020-05-15
Resigned
ASTLEY, Christopher Andrew→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-10-23 · resigned 2008-09-03
Resigned
BAMBER, Brendan Francis→
director · ~72y · appointed 2001-06-20 · resigned 2004-05-17
Resigned
BELSHAW, Edmund Barry→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-02-01 · resigned 2003-02-02
Resigned
BREGAZZI, Jonathan Coates→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-05-19 · resigned 2020-05-15
Resigned
CANTY, Roderic Neil→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-06-01 · resigned 2003-06-30
Resigned
CLARKE, Raymond John→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-10-14 · resigned 2001-05-14
Resigned
COLLISTER, Barry→
director · ~76y · appointed 2004-11-01 · resigned 2005-10-31
Resigned
EGERTON-VERNON, Michael Paul→
director · ~81y · appointed 2014-05-19 · resigned 2017-12-31
Resigned
ELLIOTT, Grahame Nicholas→
director · ~88y · appointed 1999-10-14 · resigned 2001-06-25
Resigned
FEATHERSTONE, Thomas→
director · ~78y · appointed 2005-12-08 · resigned 2007-03-28
Resigned
KELLY, Noel Ronald→
director · ~74y · appointed 2018-01-31 · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned
KILGARIF, Denis→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-06-01 · resigned 2004-11-01
Resigned
LINDSAY, Donald Clague→
director · ~81y · appointed 1999-10-14 · resigned 2001-06-25
Resigned

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

Recent filings (140 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-28