BRUMBRUMS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04201157 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-18
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
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.

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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2026-04-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-26
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2024-10-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-10-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-10-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2021-09-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-01-01
    ➖
    DAINE, Paul Frank resigned
    secretary
  18. 2001-04-23
    ➕
    CRAGG, Matthew Lewis appointed
    director
  19. 2001-04-23
    ➕
    DAINE, Paul Frank appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-04-20
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-04-20
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2001-04-18
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    Company incorporated
    As BRUMBRUMS LIMITED
  23. 2001-04-18
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-04-18
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — 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 58. 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)

Group structure

Stockm8 Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Stockm8 Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BRUMBRUMS LIMITED
This company · 04201157

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Stockm8 Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control15/04/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Matthew Lewis Craggceased 15/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2001-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Lowry House
1 Denmark Street
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA14 2SS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

CRAGG, Matthew Lewis→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAINE, Paul Frank→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-23 · resigned 2011-01-01
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-18 · resigned 2001-04-20
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-18 · resigned 2001-04-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-01