BROOKLEIGH RIDING CENTRE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03798378 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-30
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£-2.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -93% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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 (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,001
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,536 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 93% YoY
Cash YoY
-93%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£357
↓ 93% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 474% YoY
Current Assets
£32k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£2k£5k£12k£18k£25k£32kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-2.0k£535
Current assets£32.1k£29.1k
Cash£357£5.1k
Debtors—£2.1k
Net assets£-2.0k£535

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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  2. 2024-06-20
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  3. 2023-06-30
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  4. 2022-06-30
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  5. 2021-06-28
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  6. 2020-09-18
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  7. 2019-06-06
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  8. 2019-01-23
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  9. 2019-01-23
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  10. 2019-01-22
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    WALLEY, Philip Nigel resigned
    secretary
  11. 2019-01-22
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    WALLEY, Philip Nigel resigned
    director
  12. 2018-08-06
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  13. 2018-08-06
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  15. 2018-08-06
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  16. 2018-05-17
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  17. 2017-06-22
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  18. 2003-06-27
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    HALPIN, Ann resigned
    secretary
  19. 2000-09-01
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    WALLEY, Philip Nigel appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-03-29
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    WALLEY, Philip Nigel appointed
    director
  21. 1999-09-01
    ➕
    HALPIN, Ann appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-06-30
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    Company incorporated
    As BROOKLEIGH RIDING CENTRE LIMITED
  23. 1999-06-30
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Carole Agnes appointed
    director
  24. 1999-06-30
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    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-06-30
    ➖
    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Carole Agnes Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1941 · age 85
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1999-06-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Brookfield House
Eppleby
Richmond
North Yorkshire
DL11 7AZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

THOMPSON, Carole Agnes→
director · ~85y · appointed 1999-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALPIN, Ann→
secretary · appointed 1999-09-01 · resigned 2003-06-27
Resigned
WALLEY, Philip Nigel→
secretary · appointed 2000-09-01 · resigned 2019-01-22
Resigned
RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-06-30 · resigned 1999-06-30
Resigned
WALLEY, Philip Nigel→
director · ~57y · appointed 2000-03-29 · resigned 2019-01-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

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2025-06-30
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2024-07-04
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2024-06-20
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2023-07-07
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2023-06-30
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2022-07-01
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accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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2021-07-15
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accounts · AA
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-01-23