BRATTON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

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05690767 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-09
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  3. 2025-06-02
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    MEEK, Jonathan James appointed
    secretary
  4. 2025-05-14
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2025-05-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-04-29
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    LAURSEN, Janet resigned
    secretary
  7. 2025-04-29
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    LAURSEN, Janet resigned
    director
  8. 2024-11-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2024-11-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2024-11-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2024-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-10-07
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2019-10-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2019-10-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2019-10-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2019-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  22. 2009-10-01
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    JACKSON, Kevin resigned
    director
  23. 2006-08-25
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    CARDER, Christopher David resigned
    director
  24. 2006-04-11
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    CANHAM, Leslie appointed
    director
  25. 2006-04-11
    ➕
    LAURSEN, Janet appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-04-11
    ➖
    FOOT ANSTEY SARGENT SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2006-04-11
    ➕
    CARDER, Christopher David appointed
    director
  28. 2006-04-11
    ➕
    JACKSON, Kevin appointed
    director
  29. 2006-04-11
    ➕
    LAURSEN, Janet appointed
    director
  30. 2006-04-11
    ➖
    FOOT ANSTEY SARGENT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  31. 2006-04-11
    ➖
    FOOT ANSTEY SARGENT SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  32. 2006-01-30
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    Company incorporated
    As BRATTON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  33. 2006-01-30
    ➕
    FOOT ANSTEY SARGENT SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  34. 2006-01-30
    ➕
    FOOT ANSTEY SARGENT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  35. 2006-01-30
    ➕
    FOOT ANSTEY SARGENT SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Carder Technology Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Carder Technology Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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BRATTON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
This company · 05690767

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Carder Technology Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/10/2024
Leslie Canham
Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Robert Charles Neighbourceased 17/10/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Ms Janet Laursenceased 17/10/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2006-01-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Goodwood House
Blackbrook Park Avenue
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2PX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

MEEK, Jonathan James→
secretary · appointed 2025-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CANHAM, Leslie→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAURSEN, Janet→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-11 · resigned 2025-04-29
Resigned
FOOT ANSTEY SARGENT SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-01-30 · resigned 2006-04-11
Resigned
CARDER, Christopher David→
director · ~46y · appointed 2006-04-11 · resigned 2006-08-25
Resigned
JACKSON, Kevin→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-04-11 · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned
LAURSEN, Janet→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-04-11 · resigned 2025-04-29
Resigned
FOOT ANSTEY SARGENT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-01-30 · resigned 2006-04-11
Resigned
FOOT ANSTEY SARGENT SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-01-30 · resigned 2006-04-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-06-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-05-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01