BROOK STUD BLOODSTOCK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04431304 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-03
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 23.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01430
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees11001100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-16
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-14
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-05-26
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2016-02-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-05-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-03-03
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-11-13
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2014-11-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  17. 2012-06-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2002-09-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  19. 2002-05-14
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    WOODS, Eric Wendyll Joseph, Mr. appointed
    director
  20. 2002-05-03
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    Company incorporated
    As BROOK STUD BLOODSTOCK LIMITED
  21. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    WOODS, Dwayne Gerrard Albert Eric appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    WOODS, Victoria Anne appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    WOODS, Dwayne Gerrard Albert Eric appointed
    director
  24. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-05-03
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    CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-05-03
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    MC FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-05-03
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    MC FORMATIONS 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 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Dwayne Gerard Albert Eric Woods
Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares02/05/2017
Mr. Eric Wendyll Joseph Woods
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares02/05/2017

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
Incorporated2002-05-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01430 — SIC 01430

Registered office

Brook Stud
Cheveley
Newmarket
Suffolk
CB8 9DG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-16
Last: 2026-05-02

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

WOODS, Dwayne Gerrard Albert Eric→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-03
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Active
WOODS, Victoria Anne→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-03
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Active
WOODS, Dwayne Gerrard Albert Eric→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-05-03
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Active
WOODS, Eric Wendyll Joseph, Mr.→
director · ~63y · appointed 2002-05-14
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Active
CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned
MC FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—11/11/2014—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Debenture1 property17/09/200209/06/2012
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Recent filings (62 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-17