BRAVE TALES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04499066 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-30
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£7.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Primary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90030Artistic creation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
66 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,180

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£7k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↑ 52% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£3k£4k£6k£7kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£7.2k£5.8k
Current assets£6.4k£4.2k
Net assets£7.2k£5.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-03-27
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  3. 2024-02-28
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  4. 2023-08-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-08-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-27
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  8. 2021-03-17
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  9. 2020-04-30
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  10. 2019-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-03-21
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-20
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-30
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    address · AD01
  16. 2012-01-18
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    COLEMAN, Susan Ann resigned
    secretary
  17. 2012-01-18
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    COLEMAN, Susan Ann resigned
    director
  18. 2004-03-30
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    COLEMAN, Susan Ann appointed
    director
  19. 2003-08-13
    ➕
    COLEMAN, Susan Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-08-13
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    COLEMAN, Will resigned
    secretary
  21. 2002-07-30
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    Company incorporated
    As BRAVE TALES LIMITED
  22. 2002-07-30
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    COLEMAN, Will appointed
    director
  23. 2002-07-30
    ➕
    COLEMAN, Will appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-07-30
    ➕
    JPCORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-07-30
    ➖
    JPCORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-07-30
    ➕
    JPCORD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-07-30
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    JPCORD 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Will Coleman
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2002-07-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85200 — Primary education

Registered office

Unit 22 Callywith Gate Industrial Estate
Launceston Road
Bodmin
Cornwall
PL31 2RQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-13
Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

COLEMAN, Will→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLEMAN, Susan Ann→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-13 · resigned 2012-01-18
Resigned
COLEMAN, Will→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-30 · resigned 2003-08-13
Resigned
JPCORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-30 · resigned 2002-07-30
Resigned
COLEMAN, Susan Ann→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-03-30 · resigned 2012-01-18
Resigned
JPCORD LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-30 · resigned 2002-07-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-30