BRIGGS METALS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05821629 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-18
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38320
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 16.8y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
59 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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3300 | -3300 |
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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-02📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-03-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-03-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-16📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2011-05-01➕BRIGGS-PRICE, Eleanore Kadie appointedsecretary
- 2011-05-01➖BARKER, Cherelyn Eunice resignedsecretary
- 2009-08-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2009-01-10➕BARKER, Cherelyn Eunice appointedsecretary
- 2009-01-10➖BRIGGS-PRICE, Keith William resignedsecretary
- 2006-05-18🏢Company incorporatedAs BRIGGS METALS LIMITED
- 2006-05-18➕BRIGGS-PRICE, Bill appointeddirector
- 2006-05-18➕BRIGGS-PRICE, Keith William appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
93/100
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
- +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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
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 59. Early succession window.
- 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.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Bill Briggs-Price Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 19/05/2016 |
Mrs Eleanore Kadie Briggs-Price Individual · British · DOB 12/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 19/05/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-05-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38320 — SIC 38320
Registered office
The Yard
Great North Road
Newark
Notts
NG24 1DP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-01
Last: 2025-05-18
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
BRIGGS-PRICE, Eleanore Kadie→
Activesecretary · appointed 2011-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIGGS-PRICE, Bill→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2006-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARKER, Cherelyn Eunice→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-01-10 · resigned 2011-05-01
BRIGGS-PRICE, Keith William→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-05-18 · resigned 2009-01-10
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/10/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 06/08/2009 | — |
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Recent filings (59 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-04-02