CHAMPION BRASS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04085955 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-09

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Artistic creation

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-07-19
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2025-05-21
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2024-07-10
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2023-05-31
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2022-07-18
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2021-07-13
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2020-07-21
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2019-07-23
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2018-12-12
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address · AD01
2018-07-24
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2017-07-13
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2015-11-03
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2015-11-03
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2015-07-10
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2014-11-21
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2000-10-09
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Company incorporated
As CHAMPION BRASS LIMITED
2000-10-09
➕
BECKWITH, Helen appointed
secretary
2000-10-09
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BECKWITH, Philip appointed
director
2000-10-09
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CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-10-09
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CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-10-09
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CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-10-09
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CHALFEN 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

+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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Philip Beckwith Individual · British · DOB 07/1949 · age 77	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2000-10-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

3 The Cutting

Brockholes

Holmfirth

HD9 7HL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-18

Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BECKWITH, Helen→

secretary · appointed 2000-10-09

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Active

BECKWITH, Philip→

director · ~77y · appointed 2000-10-09

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Active

CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-09 · resigned 2000-10-09

Resigned

CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-09 · resigned 2000-10-09

Resigned

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