BROWN EGGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04668427 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-17
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£383.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46330
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £383,064
Cash YoY
+521%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£132k
↑ 521% YoY
Net Worth
£383k
↑ 62% YoY
Current Assets
£572k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £484.7k | £364.9k |
| Current assets | £571.6k | £406.1k |
| Cash | £132.2k | £21.3k |
| Debtors | £311.9k | £275.2k |
| Net assets | £383.1k | £236.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-21📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-02-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-02-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2003-02-17🏢Company incorporatedAs BROWN EGGS LIMITED
- 2003-02-17➕BROWN, Martin James appointedsecretary
- 2003-02-17➕BROWN, Daniel Stephen appointeddirector
- 2003-02-17➕BROWN, Martin James appointeddirector
- 2003-02-17➕TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-02-17➖TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-02-17➕COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-02-17➖COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
99/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BROWN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Daniel Stephen Brown Individual · British · DOB 07/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Martin James Brown Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46330 — SIC 46330
Registered office
Rowan House
7 West Bank
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO12 4DX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
BROWN, Martin James→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-02-17
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BROWN, Daniel Stephen→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2003-02-17
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BROWN, Martin James→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2003-02-17
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-17 · resigned 2003-02-17
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-17 · resigned 2003-02-17
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Recent filings (73 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-26