BROOKES WYE VALLEY DAIRY CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03994518 · ltd · incorporated 2000-05-16
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-39.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10520
Sector: Manufacturing
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 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £39,683
Cash YoY
+21%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£17k
↑ 21% YoY
Net Worth
-£40k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£49k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£40k-£22k-£4k£14k£31k£49kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-27.8k£-12.1k
Current assets£49.0k£42.1k
Cash£16.6k£13.8k
Debtors£23.6k£20.3k
Net assets£-39.7k£-30.0k

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
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-27
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  3. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-30
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  12. 2016-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-06-06
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  15. 2016-06-06
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  16. 2015-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2000-10-11
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    BROOKE, Irene appointed
    director
  18. 2000-05-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BROOKES WYE VALLEY DAIRY CO. LIMITED
  19. 2000-05-16
    ➕
    BROOKE, Irene appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-05-16
    ➕
    BROOKE, Robert Anthony Hillard appointed
    director
  21. 2000-05-16
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-05-16
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-05-16
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2000-05-16
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BROOKE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Irene Brooke
Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Robert Anthony Hillard Brooke
Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-05-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10520 — SIC 10520

Registered office

Panta Farm
Devauden
Chepstow
Monmouthshire
NP16 6PS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-30
Last: 2025-05-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BROOKE, Irene→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOKE, Irene→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOKE, Robert Anthony Hillard→
director · ~75y · appointed 2000-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-16 · resigned 2000-05-16
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-05-16 · resigned 2000-05-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-16