BRANDS2LIFE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03940462 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-06

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public relations and communications activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.0y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

24 officers (7 active, 24 linked, 22 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

131 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 mortgage
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (65 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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mortgage · MR01
2026-03-17
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accounts · AA
2026-03-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: P Capital Partners Ab
2025-06-10
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mortgage · MR01
2025-06-05
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mortgage · MR04
2025-06-05
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Charge registered #2
Lender: P Capital Partners Ab
2025-06-05
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-01-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-01-03
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accounts · AA
2024-02-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
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accounts · AA01
2023-12-06
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officers · AP01
2023-12-05
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officers · AP01
2023-12-04
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EIKUM GRONNTUN, Lars Erik appointed
director
2023-12-04
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PALMQVIST, Lars Jonas appointed
director
2023-08-23
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officers · CH01
2023-03-08
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officers · CH01
2023-02-10
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officers · TM01
2023-01-26
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RICH, Harriet resigned
director
2022-12-09
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accounts · AA
2022-01-04
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officers · TM01
2021-12-31
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DAVID, Armand Richard resigned
director
2021-12-17
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accounts · AA
2021-09-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-26
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officers · CH01
2020-06-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2020-03-31
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RUDALL, Claire Margaret resigned
director
2020-03-31
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SIMPSON, Jodie Victoria resigned
director
2019-03-31
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CHAPPELL, Daniel James resigned
director
2018-09-03
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WILLIAMS, Alexandra Louise resigned
director
2018-08-24
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PARKER, Alan Richard Christopher resigned
director
2017-12-14
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MCINTOSH, Adele Kathleen resigned
director
2017-01-09
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PARKER, Alan Richard Christopher appointed
director
2016-03-31
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GRAINGER, Robin Francis Keates resigned
director
2016-03-01
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RUDALL, Claire Margaret appointed
director
2015-10-31
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PEARMAIN, Alex resigned
director
2015-05-31
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CORBET, John Llewelyn Guy Sherwood resigned
director
2014-11-01
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LABADIE, Andre Francois Pierre appointed
director
2014-11-01
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MCINTOSH, Adele Kathleen appointed
director
2013-08-01
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SIMPSON, Jodie Victoria appointed
director
2013-05-01
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PEARMAIN, Alex appointed
director
2013-01-01
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GRAINGER, Robin Francis Keates appointed
director
2012-08-01
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CORBET, John Llewelyn Guy Sherwood appointed
director
2012-07-04
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THOMAS, Gareth Edward resigned
director
2011-10-01
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DAVID, Armand Richard appointed
director
2010-11-01
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SPINK, Timothy Stuart appointed
director
2009-11-06
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SMITH, Anthony resigned
director
2008-11-24
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NICHOLSON, Hannah resigned
director
2008-08-06
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WILLIAMS, Alexandra Louise appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

Brands2life Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Brands2life Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BRANDS2LIFE LIMITED

This company · 03940462

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Brands2life Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2000-03-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70210 — Public relations and communications activities

Registered office

Brands2life, 2nd Floor, Blue Fin Building

110 Southwark Street

London

SE1 0SU

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-18

Last: 2026-03-04