BRELADE ESTATES LTD

🌳Matureactive
05442811 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-04
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2021-09-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2021-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2008-08-20
    ➕
    STRAW, Nigel Stuart appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-08-20
    ➖
    STRAW, Sharon Dawn resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-01-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland (As Security Trustee)
  20. 2005-05-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRELADE ESTATES LTD
  21. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    STRAW, Nigel Stuart appointed
    director
  22. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    STRAW, Sharon Dawn appointed
    director
  23. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    STRAW, Sharon Dawn appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-05-04
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Mrs Sharon Dawn Straw
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/03/2026
Mr Nigel Stuart Straw
Individual · British · DOB 11/1954 · age 72
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
Incorporated2005-05-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

219 Burton Road
Derby
DE23 6AE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

STRAW, Nigel Stuart→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-20
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Active
STRAW, Nigel Stuart→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-05-04
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Active
STRAW, Sharon Dawn→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-05-04
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Active
STRAW, Sharon Dawn→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-04 · resigned 2008-08-20
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-05-04 · resigned 2005-05-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland (As Security Trustee)
Debenture3 properties27/01/200621/09/2021

Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-07