BROSNAN & SON STORAGE & REMOVALS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03811682 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-22

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 52103

Sector: Transportation & storage

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

52290Other transportation support activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	500	-500

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

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
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dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2024-05-28
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-11-18
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-11-11
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dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-10-03
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-06-13
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-10
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dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-05-30
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-10-12
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-10-04
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-04-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-01
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ROUX, Glenn Trevor appointed
director
2018-06-01
➖
BROSNAN, Shirley resigned
secretary
2018-06-01
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BROSNAN, John resigned
director
2018-06-01
➖
BROSNAN, Shirley resigned
director
2013-09-13
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BROSNAN, Beatrice resigned
secretary
2013-09-13
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BROSNAN, Shirley appointed
secretary
2008-01-14
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BROSNAN, Sean resigned
director
2008-01-08
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BROSNAN, John appointed
director
2008-01-08
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BROSNAN, Shirley appointed
director
1999-07-22
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Company incorporated
As BROSNAN & SON STORAGE & REMOVALS LIMITED
1999-07-22
➕
BROSNAN, Beatrice appointed
secretary
1999-07-22
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WAYNE, Harold appointed
nominee-secretary
1999-07-22
➖
WAYNE, Harold resigned
nominee-secretary
1999-07-22
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BROSNAN, Sean appointed
director
1999-07-22
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WAYNE, Yvonne appointed
nominee-director
1999-07-22
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WAYNE, Yvonne resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Glenn Trevor Roux Individual · South African · DOB 03/1974 · age 52	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/06/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr John Brosnanceased 01/06/2018· 25-50% shares

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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

Incorporated1999-07-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

Rowan House

Hill End Lane

St. Albans

AL4 0RA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

ROUX, Glenn Trevor→

director · ~52y · appointed 2018-06-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BROSNAN, Beatrice→

secretary · appointed 1999-07-22 · resigned 2013-09-13

Resigned

BROSNAN, Shirley→

secretary · appointed 2013-09-13 · resigned 2018-06-01

Resigned

WAYNE, Harold→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-07-22 · resigned 1999-07-22

Resigned

BROSNAN, John→

director · ~65y · appointed 2008-01-08 · resigned 2018-06-01

Resigned

BROSNAN, Sean→

director · ~84y · appointed 1999-07-22 · resigned 2008-01-14

Resigned

BROSNAN, Shirley→

director · ~64y · appointed 2008-01-08 · resigned 2018-06-01

Resigned

WAYNE, Yvonne→

nominee-director · ~46y · appointed 1999-07-22 · resigned 1999-07-22

Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-18

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2024-07-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-06-30

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended

dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)

2024-06-12

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2024-05-28

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2023-11-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-16

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended

dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)

2023-11-11

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2023-10-03

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2023-06-13

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

accounts · AA

2023-06-12

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended

dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)

2023-06-10