EDWARDS BROTHERS ENTERPRISES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03901145 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-30
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.2y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees3300

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
0
filings
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 (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-01-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-01-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-09-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-08-12
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    CUFF, Anthony Edward resigned
    director
  8. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2001-12-07
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    CUFF, Nigel Anthony Gouterais appointed
    secretary
  18. 2001-12-07
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    TRETHOWANS SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2000-03-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  20. 2000-03-02
    ➖
    MACRAE, Catherine Mary resigned
    director
  21. 2000-03-02
    ➖
    SANTRY, Owen John resigned
    director
  22. 2000-03-01
    ➕
    CUFF, Nigel Anthony Gouterais appointed
    director
  23. 2000-03-01
    ➕
    CUFF, Anthony Edward appointed
    director
  24. 2000-01-28
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-01-28
    ➕
    TRETHOWANS SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2000-01-28
    ➕
    MACRAE, Catherine Mary appointed
    director
  27. 2000-01-28
    ➕
    SANTRY, Owen John appointed
    director
  28. 2000-01-28
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1999-12-30
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    Company incorporated
    As EDWARDS BROTHERS ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  30. 1999-12-30
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1999-12-30
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mr Nigel Anthony Gouterais Cuff
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control21/05/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Anthony Edward Cuffceased 12/08/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-12-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

33 The Clarendon Centre
Salisbury Business Park
Dairy Meadow Lane, Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 2TJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-13
Last: 2025-12-30

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

CUFF, Nigel Anthony Gouterais→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CUFF, Nigel Anthony Gouterais→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-30 · resigned 2000-01-28
Resigned
TRETHOWANS SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-01-28 · resigned 2001-12-07
Resigned
CUFF, Anthony Edward→
director · ~89y · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2024-08-12
Resigned
MACRAE, Catherine Mary→
director · ~72y · appointed 2000-01-28 · resigned 2000-03-02
Resigned
SANTRY, Owen John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2000-01-28 · resigned 2000-03-02
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-12-30 · resigned 2000-01-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property03/03/2000—
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Recent filings (82 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23