BRANDCAST HEALTH LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03796378 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-25
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
60 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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
    GRIEVE, Juliane resigned
    secretary
  2. 2026-03-17
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2026-03-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-10-21
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-10-20
    GRIEVE, Juliane resigned
    director
  6. 2025-02-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-28
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-03-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-30
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2016-03-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 1999-06-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRANDCAST HEALTH LIMITED
  19. 1999-06-25
    GRIEVE, Charles Miller appointed
    director
  20. 1999-06-25
    GRIEVE, Juliane appointed
    secretary
  21. 1999-06-25
    GRIEVE, Juliane appointed
    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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. 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 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

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: GRIEVE, Juliane resigned 2026-03-17; GRIEVE, Juliane resigned 2025-10-20

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Charles Miller Grieve
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
sig. influencesignificant influence25/06/2016

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 · OX postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
BERKSHIRE,BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE NATURALISTS' TRUST LTD
03769693 · est 1999 · no financials extracted
26y
BICESTER VISION C.I.C.
12481914 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
6y
BIG GAY OUT UK C.I.C.
15351257 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
BRIAN WATTS PARTNERS LTD
07974986 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
14y
BRIGHTON MARINA BLOCK F2 LTD
09214181 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
BRITTAINS-ARBORFIELD LIMITED
00076937 · est 1903 · no financials extracted
123y
BRV VOLUME LIMITED
06425275 · est 2007 · no financials extracted
18y
BUCKINGHAM ENERGY LTD
09148761 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
BURFORD CONTRACTING AND CONSULTING LIMITED
09038441 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
BURFORD HIGHWAY HOTEL PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED
01307723 · est 1977 · no financials extracted
49y
BUSINESS ASSISTANCE LIMITED
15426044 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
BVIUK LTD
12247593 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒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.

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
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Elm Grove Farm
Enstone Road, Middle Barton
Chipping Norton
Oxfordshire
OX7 7BL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-09
Last: 2026-06-25

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

GRIEVE, Charles Miller
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIEVE, Juliane
secretary · appointed 1999-06-25 · resigned 2026-03-17
Resigned
GRIEVE, Juliane
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-06-25 · resigned 2025-10-20
Resigned

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

Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-02
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29