BRANCH WALKERS TREE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04359217 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-23

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£66.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 02400

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -82% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

58 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £66,558

Cash draining

Cash down 82% YoY

Cash YoY

-82%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1k

↓ 82% YoY

Net Worth

£67k

↑ 17% YoY

Current Assets

£75k

↓ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£144.6k	£108.8k
Current assets	£74.8k	£106.0k
Cash	£1.0k	£5.7k
Debtors	£73.8k	£100.3k
Net assets	£66.6k	£56.7k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-09-10
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2024-10-31
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2022-09-13
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2021-11-11
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accounts · AA
2020-12-29
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2019-11-26
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2018-12-21
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2018-04-10
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address · AD01
2017-10-18
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accounts · AA
2016-11-18
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accounts · AA
2016-02-03
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HARRISON, Carol Ann appointed
director
2016-02-03
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HARRISON, Carol Ann resigned
director
2016-02-03
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officers · AP01
2016-02-03
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officers · TM01
2016-02-03
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2015-11-27
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accounts · AA
2002-01-23
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Company incorporated
As BRANCH WALKERS TREE SERVICES LIMITED
2002-01-23
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HARRISON, Carol Ann appointed
secretary
2002-01-23
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HARRISON, Richard appointed
director
2002-01-23
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-01-23
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-01-23
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HARRISON, Carol Ann appointed
director
2002-01-23
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-01-23
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Carol Ann Harrison Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Richard Harrison Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2002-01-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

Unit 1 Gate Farm High Street

Sutton Benger

Chippenham

Wiltshire

SN15 4RE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-06

Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HARRISON, Carol Ann→

secretary · appointed 2002-01-23

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Active

HARRISON, Carol Ann→

director · ~68y · appointed 2016-02-03

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Active

HARRISON, Richard→

director · ~71y · appointed 2002-01-23

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-01-23 · resigned 2002-01-23

Resigned

HARRISON, Carol Ann→

director · ~68y · appointed 2002-01-23 · resigned 2016-02-03

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-01-23 · resigned 2002-01-23

Resigned

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