BRANCEPETH ENGINEERING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05446726 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-09
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 20.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.9y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 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.
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 | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 11 | 1000 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-05-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-07📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2017-03-07🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2017-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-01-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2016-12-15➖HAGGIE, Ann Jane resigneddirector
- 2016-12-15➖HAGGIE, Craig George resigneddirector
- 2016-06-17🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2013-07-05➕HAGGIE, Ann Jane appointeddirector
- 2012-11-16➕HAGGIE, Deborah appointeddirector
- 2005-11-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Graham Tabberer Barbara Kathleen Tabberer David Tom Wilson and Linda Wilson
- 2005-09-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2005-05-09🏢Company incorporatedAs BRANCEPETH ENGINEERING LIMITED
- 2005-05-09➕HAGGIE, Cameron Kenneth appointedsecretary
- 2005-05-09➕HAGGIE, Cameron Kenneth appointeddirector
- 2005-05-09➕HAGGIE, Craig George appointeddirector
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 21 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 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Haggie Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Haggie Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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BRANCEPETH ENGINEERING LIMITED
This company · 05446726
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Haggie Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 15/12/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Cameron Kenneth Haggieceased 15/12/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-05-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Registered office
Unit 14 Hackworth Industrial
Park, Shildon
County Durham
DL4 1HF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
HAGGIE, Cameron Kenneth→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-05-09
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HAGGIE, Cameron Kenneth→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2005-05-09
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HAGGIE, Deborah→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2012-11-16
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HAGGIE, Ann Jane→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2013-07-05 · resigned 2016-12-15
HAGGIE, Craig George→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2005-05-09 · resigned 2016-12-15
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Graham Tabberer Barbara Kathleen Tabberer David Tom Wilson and Linda Wilson | Debenture | 1 property | 04/11/2005 | 07/03/2017 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 01/09/2005 | 17/06/2016 |
Recent filings (66 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-05-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-12