BRIAN EDWARD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03708257 · ltd · incorporated 1999-02-04
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
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Gambling and betting activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 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
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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£0Apr 2025Apr 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-04-302025-04-30
Average employees22

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-12-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-11-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-11-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-11-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2019-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 1999-02-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BRIAN EDWARD LIMITED
  18. 1999-02-04
    ➕
    HUNTER, Tony appointed
    secretary
  19. 1999-02-04
    ➕
    CORNTHWAITE, Stuart appointed
    director
  20. 1999-02-04
    ➕
    HUNTER, Tony appointed
    director
  21. 1999-02-04
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-02-04
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-02-04
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1999-02-04
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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 27 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Tony Hunter
Individual · British · DOB 03/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Stuart Cornthwaite
Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-02-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC92000 — Gambling and betting activities

Registered office

3 Paddock
Drive
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 5FJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-31
Last made up to: 2026-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HUNTER, Tony→
secretary · appointed 1999-02-04
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Active
CORNTHWAITE, Stuart→
director · ~73y · appointed 1999-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUNTER, Tony→
director · ~75y · appointed 1999-02-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-02-04 · resigned 1999-02-04
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-02-04 · resigned 1999-02-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-05