BRACKENBOROUGH NEWSAGENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04647474 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-24
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£405.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47620SIC 47620
  • 53100Postal activities under universal service obligation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £405,462
Net assets shrinking
Down £21,741 YoY
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£182k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£405k
↓ 5.1% YoY
Current Assets
£208k
↓ 2.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£85k£171k£256k£342k£427kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£405.5k£427.2k
Current assets£207.7k£213.6k
Cash£182.0k£181.8k
Debtors£454£625
Net assets£405.5k£427.2k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-01
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  2. 2024-07-16
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  3. 2023-06-09
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  4. 2022-09-09
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  5. 2021-09-06
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  6. 2020-06-25
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  7. 2019-08-22
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  8. 2018-09-05
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  9. 2018-02-08
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  10. 2018-02-08
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  11. 2017-06-13
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  12. 2017-05-24
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  13. 2017-03-27
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    SOUTHWOOD, Angela appointed
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  14. 2016-09-12
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  15. 2016-02-29
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  16. 2015-06-18
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  17. 2014-12-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2014-07-24
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    SOUTHWOOD, David Walter resigned
    director
  19. 2011-09-01
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    SOUTHWOOD, Angela appointed
    secretary
  20. 2011-09-01
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    SOUTHWOOD, Jean resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-02-12
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    SOUTHWOOD, Leigh David resigned
    director
  22. 2003-03-04
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    SOUTHWOOD, Blair Kendall appointed
    director
  23. 2003-03-04
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    CLARK, Stephen John resigned
    secretary
  24. 2003-03-04
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    SOUTHWOOD, Jean appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-03-04
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    SOUTHWOOD, Leigh David appointed
    director
  26. 2003-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As BRACKENBOROUGH NEWSAGENTS LIMITED
  27. 2003-01-24
    ➕
    CLARK, Stephen John appointed
    secretary
  28. 2003-01-24
    ➕
    SOUTHWOOD, David Walter appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Blair Kendall Southwood
Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Angela Southwood
Individual · Moldovan · DOB 12/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2017

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
Incorporated2003-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

Brackenborough Post Office
8 Brackenborough Road
Louth
Lincolnshire
LN11 0AE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SOUTHWOOD, Angela→
secretary · appointed 2011-09-01
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Active
SOUTHWOOD, Angela→
director · ~44y · appointed 2017-03-27
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Active
SOUTHWOOD, Blair Kendall→
director · ~56y · appointed 2003-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, Stephen John→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-24 · resigned 2003-03-04
Resigned
SOUTHWOOD, Jean→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-04 · resigned 2011-09-01
Resigned
SOUTHWOOD, David Walter→
director · ~85y · appointed 2003-01-24 · resigned 2014-07-24
Resigned
SOUTHWOOD, Leigh David→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-03-04 · resigned 2008-02-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—03/12/2014—
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Recent filings (67 total)

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2026-01-30
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2025-08-01
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2025-02-04
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2024-07-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
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2023-06-09
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2023-01-25
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accounts · AA
2022-09-09
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2022-02-08
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2021-09-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-27
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2020-06-25
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2020-01-31
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accounts · AA
2019-08-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-30