BROADLAND CONSULTANTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
05599047 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-20
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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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Life insurance
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 65300Pension funding
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees10001000

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-11
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  2. 2024-08-15
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  3. 2023-07-27
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  4. 2022-06-28
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  5. 2021-09-10
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  6. 2021-09-10
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  7. 2021-09-10
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  8. 2021-09-10
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  9. 2021-09-10
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  10. 2021-09-10
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  11. 2021-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-08-31
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    SHARPE, Graham Dean appointed
    director
  13. 2021-08-31
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2020-12-18
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  15. 2019-04-26
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  16. 2018-09-26
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    capital · SH01
  17. 2018-04-27
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    accounts · AAMD
  18. 2017-04-05
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    GILVEY, Sadie Helina resigned
    director
  19. 2015-10-21
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    PYMM, Steven Mark appointed
    director
  20. 2005-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BROADLAND CONSULTANTS LTD
  21. 2005-10-20
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    GILVEY, Sarah Margaret appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-10-20
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    GILVEY, Martin John appointed
    director
  23. 2005-10-20
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    GILVEY, Simon John appointed
    director
  24. 2005-10-20
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    GILVEY, Sadie Helina appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 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

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon John Gilvey
Individual · British · DOB 03/1977 · age 49
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/10/2016
Mr Martin John Gilvey
Individual · English · DOB 12/1945 · age 81
——sig. influencesignificant influence20/10/2016

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
Incorporated2005-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC65110 — Life insurance

Registered office

38 High Street
Watton
Norfolk
IP25 6AE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

GILVEY, Sarah Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-20
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Active
GILVEY, Martin John→
director · ~81y · appointed 2005-10-20
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Active
GILVEY, Simon John→
director · ~49y · appointed 2005-10-20
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Active
PYMM, Steven Mark→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-10-21
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Active
SHARPE, Graham Dean→
director · ~66y · appointed 2021-08-31
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Active
GILVEY, Sadie Helina→
director · ~79y · appointed 2005-10-20 · resigned 2017-04-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
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accounts · AA
2025-08-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
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accounts · AA
2024-08-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
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accounts · AA
2023-07-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-09-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-10
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officers · CH01
2021-09-10
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officers · CH01
2021-09-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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