BROWN AND THACKRAY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04889953 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-05
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£534.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46719
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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
60 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £534,613
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£608k
↑ 2.8% YoY
Net Worth
£535k
↑ 8.6% YoY
Current Assets
£689k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£138k£276k£415k£553k£691kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£543.9k£502.6k
Current assets£689.5k£691.0k
Cash£608.4k£591.7k
Debtors£56.0k£71.5k
Net assets£534.6k£492.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-01-25
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  3. 2023-10-02
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  4. 2023-01-23
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  5. 2022-01-23
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  6. 2021-01-25
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  7. 2020-01-08
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  8. 2019-01-25
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  9. 2018-01-31
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  10. 2017-01-24
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  11. 2016-01-26
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  12. 2015-10-12
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  13. 2015-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-09-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2003-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BROWN AND THACKRAY LIMITED
  16. 2003-09-05
    ➕
    BROWN, Neil Anthony appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-09-05
    ➕
    BROWN, Neil Anthony appointed
    director
  18. 2003-09-05
    ➕
    THACKRAY, Stephen Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2003-09-05
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-09-05
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-09-05
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-09-05
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) 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.
  • +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 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 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 Neil Anthony Brown
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Robert Thackray
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46719 — SIC 46719

Registered office

Coal Depot
Station Road Industrial Estate
Brompton North Allerton
North Yorkshire
DL6 2RU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-26
Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BROWN, Neil Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-05
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Active
BROWN, Neil Anthony→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-09-05
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Active
THACKRAY, Stephen Robert→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-09-05
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-05 · resigned 2003-09-05
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-05 · resigned 2003-09-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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2026-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-15
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accounts · AA
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-20
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accounts · AA
2022-01-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-25