BROOKSIDE RESTAURANT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04942518 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-23
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£193
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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
69 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 £193
Net assets shrinking
Down £154 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£193
↓ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£34k
↑ 44% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£7k£13k£20k£27k£34kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£193£347
Current assets£33.5k£23.3k
Net assets£193£347

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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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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  2. 2025-11-05
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  3. 2025-03-24
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  4. 2024-06-13
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  5. 2023-09-20
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  7. 2023-09-20
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  8. 2023-09-20
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  9. 2023-09-20
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  10. 2023-09-18
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  11. 2022-07-06
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  12. 2021-03-26
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  13. 2020-06-23
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  14. 2019-10-17
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    address · AD02
  15. 2019-05-07
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    address · AD04
  16. 2019-05-07
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  17. 2018-07-19
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    address · AD02
  18. 2003-10-23
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    Company incorporated
    As BROOKSIDE RESTAURANT LIMITED
  19. 2003-10-23
    ➕
    RIDDICK, Mark Timothy appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-10-23
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    BEAN, Robin appointed
    director
  21. 2003-10-23
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    RIDDICK, Mark Timothy appointed
    director
  22. 2003-10-23
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    THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-10-23
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    THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-10-23
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    THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-10-23
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    THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Robin Bean
Individual · British · DOB 06/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Mark Timothy Riddick
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Wessex House
Teign Road
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 4AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-04
Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

RIDDICK, Mark Timothy→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-23
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Active
BEAN, Robin→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-10-23
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Active
RIDDICK, Mark Timothy→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-10-23
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Active
THEYDON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-23 · resigned 2003-10-23
Resigned
THEYDON NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-23 · resigned 2003-10-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
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2025-03-24
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2024-09-26
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accounts · AA
2024-06-13
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officers · CH01
2023-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-09-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-20
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2023-09-20
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2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2022-09-28
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accounts · AA
2022-07-06