BROCKBANK, CURWEN CAIN & HALL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04743224 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-24

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 22.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Solicitors

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.7y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 22.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

23 officers (6 active, 23 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

6 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

147 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	61	6100

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

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2 signals 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

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (67 events)Click to expand

2026-02-26
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officers · CH01
2026-02-26
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officers · CH01
2026-02-26
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officers · CH01
2026-02-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-26
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-26
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Charge satisfied #1
2026-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-10
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-03
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-03
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2025-02-25
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2024-07-18
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-05-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-17
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SMALLEY, Diana appointed
director
2023-11-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-02-14
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-02-14
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-12-19
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-11-10
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-06-01
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GREENWOOD, Lorraine resigned
director
2018-02-28
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GREENWOOD, Lorraine appointed
director
2018-02-28
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GREENWOOD, Lorraine resigned
director
2017-09-01
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FITZSIMONS, Sarah Elizabeth appointed
director
2017-04-24
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TAYLOR, Richard Peter resigned
secretary
2017-04-24
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TAYLOR, Richard Peter resigned
director
2015-10-31
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MENDUS, Gareth William Banner resigned
director
2014-08-11
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OWENS, Mary Angela resigned
director
2014-07-31
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DUNN, John Michael William resigned
director
2014-03-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2012-09-20
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FANNING, Michael Leonard resigned
director
2012-09-14
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FANNING, Michael Leonard appointed
director
2012-06-30
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DUGAN, John William resigned
director
2012-06-30
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HENDREN, Valerie resigned
director
2009-06-30
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ROWELL, Michael resigned
director
2009-02-12
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TAYLOR, Richard Peter appointed
secretary
2009-02-12
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THOMSON, Ian Barry resigned
secretary
2007-07-01
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DUNN, John Michael William appointed
director
2007-07-01
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MENDUS, Gareth William Banner appointed
director
2007-06-30
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PRATLEY, Sydney Graham resigned
director
2006-07-01
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HILL, Trudy Angela appointed
director
2006-07-01
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OWENS, Mary Angela appointed
director
2006-06-30
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MCKAY, Christine Taylor resigned
director
2004-07-01
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BEVAN, Ceridwen Jane appointed
director
2004-07-01
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GREENWOOD, Lorraine appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 67 events

Owner dependency

80/100

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HALL" — 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

6 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Diana Smalley Individual · British · DOB 10/1986 · age 40	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	17/11/2023
Ms Sarah Elizabeth Fitzsimons Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/09/2017
Ms Ceridwen Jane Bevan Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016
Mr Michael Joseph Woolaghan Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016
Ms Trudy Angela Hill Individual · British · DOB 12/1977 · age 49	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016
Mr Charles Geoffrey Hall Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Lorraine Greenwoodceased 28/02/2018· significant influence

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

Incorporated2003-04-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

44 Duke Street

Whitehaven

CA28 7NP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-25

Last: 2025-11-11