BRADWELL PROPERTIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05236364 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-20
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). 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
57 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-03-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-03-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2005-06-20➕RYDER, Roger James appointeddirector
- 2004-11-19➕SUTCLIFFE, Christopher David appointedsecretary
- 2004-11-19➕RYDER, Jocelyn appointeddirector
- 2004-11-19➖MIDLANDS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2004-11-19➖MIDLANDS DIRECTOR SERVICES LTD resignedcorporate-director
- 2004-09-20🏢Company incorporatedAs BRADWELL PROPERTIES LIMITED
- 2004-09-20➕MIDLANDS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2004-09-20➕MIDLANDS DIRECTOR SERVICES LTD appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
91/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- 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
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 |
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Mr Roger James Ryder Individual · British · DOB 05/1945 · age 81 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 24/03/2022 |
Mrs Jocelyn Ryder Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 20/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-09-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
36 Bridge Street
Belper
Derbyshire
DE56 1AX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-04
Last: 2025-09-20
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
SUTCLIFFE, Christopher David→
Activesecretary · appointed 2004-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RYDER, Jocelyn→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2004-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RYDER, Roger James→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2005-06-20
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MIDLANDS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2004-09-20 · resigned 2004-11-19
MIDLANDS DIRECTOR SERVICES LTD→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2004-09-20 · resigned 2004-11-19
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Recent filings (57 total)
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2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-20