5/6 BELMONT (BRIGHTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05285459 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-12

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£-4.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

17 officers (7 active, 17 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

82 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £4,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£4k

↓ 5.4% YoY

Current Assets

£445

↑ 28% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£-1.5k	£-1.3k
Current assets	£445	£349
Net assets	£-4.0k	£-3.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2025-08-29
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accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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officers · CH01
2024-12-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-08-20
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2017-07-21
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officers · TM02
2017-07-20
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KANE, Andrew David resigned
secretary
2015-11-04
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BLACK, Helen appointed
director
2015-11-04
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HAYNES, Glenn David appointed
director
2014-12-10
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GREEN, Hannah resigned
director
2013-11-18
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KANE, Andrew David appointed
secretary
2013-08-16
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ALLAN, Christina Grace appointed
director
2013-08-16
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HOLTON, Stuart Bailey appointed
director
2013-03-13
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KANE, Andrew David resigned
secretary
2013-03-13
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KANE, Andrew David resigned
director
2012-11-12
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KANE, Andrew David appointed
secretary
2012-11-12
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PACKWOOD, Martin John resigned
secretary
2012-11-12
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PACKWOOD, Martin John resigned
director
2010-12-03
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GREEN, Hannah appointed
director
2010-12-03
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GREEN, Tessa resigned
director
2006-08-31
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CHEUNG, Kok Kwong appointed
director
2006-08-31
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GREEN, Tessa appointed
director
2005-10-31
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WALLS, Margaret Iris appointed
director
2005-10-31
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BLUNDEN, Iris Kathleen resigned
director
2004-11-12
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Company incorporated
As 5/6 BELMONT (BRIGHTON) LIMITED
2004-11-12
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GUNN, Julie Ann appointed
director
2004-11-12
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PACKWOOD, Martin John appointed
secretary
2004-11-12
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STL SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-11-12
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STL SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-11-12
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BLUNDEN, Iris Kathleen appointed
director
2004-11-12
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KANE, Andrew David appointed
director
2004-11-12
➕
PACKWOOD, Martin John appointed
director
2004-11-12
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STL DIRECTORS LTD appointed
corporate-director
2004-11-12
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STL DIRECTORS LTD resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-11-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

15 West Street

Brighton

BN1 2RL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-26

Last: 2025-11-12