BROOKLANDS NURSERIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04968010 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-18
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£60.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01300
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
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, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 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 £60,646
Net assets shrinking
Down £13,414 YoY
Cash YoY
-29%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£12k
↓ 29% YoY
Net Worth
£61k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£57k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £92.7k | £109.1k |
| Current assets | £57.4k | £73.7k |
| Cash | £12.2k | £17.2k |
| Debtors | £536 | £318 |
| Net assets | £60.6k | £74.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-12📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-03-06📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-03-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-03-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2003-11-18🏢Company incorporatedAs BROOKLANDS NURSERIES LIMITED
- 2003-11-18➕BROOKES, Linda Jane appointedsecretary
- 2003-11-18➕BROOKES, Linda Jane appointeddirector
- 2003-11-18➕BROOKES, Nicholas William appointeddirector
- 2003-11-18➕GRAEME, Dorothy May appointednominee-secretary
- 2003-11-18➖GRAEME, Dorothy May resignednominee-secretary
- 2003-11-18➕GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointednominee-director
- 2003-11-18➖GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
84/100
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.
- +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 Nicholas William Brookes Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Linda Jane Brookes Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 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
Incorporated2003-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01300 — SIC 01300
Registered office
1 Crow Hill Drive
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG19 7AE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
BROOKES, Linda Jane→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-11-18
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BROOKES, Linda Jane→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2003-11-18
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BROOKES, Nicholas William→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2003-11-18
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GRAEME, Dorothy May→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-18 · resigned 2003-11-18
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
Resignednominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2003-11-18 · resigned 2003-11-18
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Recent filings (77 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-06