BROSELEY FIRECLAY COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05096095 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-06
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 21.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 08120
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.3y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2020-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-11
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    auditors-resignation-company
    auditors · AUD
  9. 2019-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2018-03-13
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2018-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-31
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    CORNES, Colin resigned
    director
  17. 2011-02-11
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    CORNES, Samuel appointed
    director
  18. 2011-02-08
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    WILLIAMS, Nigel Robert resigned
    director
  19. 2010-05-01
    ➕
    CORNES, Colin appointed
    director
  20. 2009-10-30
    ➕
    MULLINDER, Darren Paul appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-10-30
    ➕
    MULLINDER, Darren Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2009-10-30
    ➖
    SMYTH, Patrick Joseph resigned
    secretary
  23. 2009-10-30
    ➖
    SMYTH, Patrick Joseph resigned
    director
  24. 2006-06-01
    ➖
    CRABB, Niall Crawford resigned
    director
  25. 2005-04-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  26. 2005-03-30
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    CRABB, Niall Crawford appointed
    director
  27. 2004-04-06
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    Company incorporated
    As BROSELEY FIRECLAY COMPANY LIMITED
  28. 2004-04-06
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    SMYTH, Patrick Joseph appointed
    secretary
  29. 2004-04-06
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2004-04-06
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2004-04-06
    ➕
    SMYTH, Patrick Joseph appointed
    director
  32. 2004-04-06
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Nigel Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Darren Paul Mullinder
Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest06/04/2016
Mr Samuel Cornes
Individual · British · DOB 10/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-04-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC08120 — SIC 08120

Registered office

Fernhill Estate Office Fernhill Road
Sutton
Newport
Shropshire
TF10 8DJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

MULLINDER, Darren Paul→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORNES, Samuel→
director · ~52y · appointed 2011-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MULLINDER, Darren Paul→
director · ~58y · appointed 2009-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMYTH, Patrick Joseph→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-06 · resigned 2009-10-30
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-06 · resigned 2004-04-06
Resigned
CORNES, Colin→
director · ~84y · appointed 2010-05-01 · resigned 2016-03-31
Resigned
CRABB, Niall Crawford→
director · ~75y · appointed 2005-03-30 · resigned 2006-06-01
Resigned
SMYTH, Patrick Joseph→
director · ~75y · appointed 2004-04-06 · resigned 2009-10-30
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Nigel Robert→
director · ~71y · appointed 2004-04-06 · resigned 2011-02-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property06/04/2005—
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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-09-18
auditors-resignation-company
auditors · AUD
2020-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-09