BROMIGE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05889192 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-27
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
11 officers (1 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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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Current Liabilities
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£0£59k£117k£176k£235k£293kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£229.6k
Current assets—£293.2k
Net assets—£229.6k
Average employees4—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-07-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-03-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2022-01-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2021-10-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-10-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-10-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-06-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2020-06-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2020-06-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-06-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2020-06-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2020-04-06
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    THAL-JANTZEN, Christian Frederik resigned
    secretary
  21. 2020-04-06
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    THAL-JANTZAN, Christian Frederik resigned
    director
  22. 2020-04-06
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    VAUGHAN, Angela Jane resigned
    director
  23. 2014-03-27
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    COLVILLE, Charles Alexander appointed
    director
  24. 2013-08-06
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    SCHUMACHER, Juergen Hermann Heinrich resigned
    director
  25. 2012-05-23
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    VAUGHAN, Angela Jane appointed
    director
  26. 2009-03-31
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    BROMIGE, David resigned
    director
  27. 2009-03-31
    ➖
    HARRIS, Ian Philip resigned
    director
  28. 2008-08-06
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    HARRIS, Ian Philip resigned
    secretary
  29. 2008-08-06
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    THAL-JANTZEN, Christian Frederik appointed
    secretary
  30. 2008-04-22
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    SCHUMACHER, Juergen Hermann Heinrich appointed
    director
  31. 2007-07-30
    ➕
    HARRIS, Ian Philip appointed
    secretary
  32. 2007-07-30
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    ROSER, Anthony resigned
    secretary
  33. 2007-04-05
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    HARRIS, Ian Philip appointed
    director
  34. 2007-04-01
    ➕
    BROMIGE, David appointed
    director
  35. 2006-11-29
    ➕
    ROSER, Anthony appointed
    secretary
  36. 2006-11-29
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2006-11-29
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    THAL-JANTZAN, Christian Frederik appointed
    director
  38. 2006-11-29
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  39. 2006-07-27
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    Company incorporated
    As BROMIGE LIMITED
  40. 2006-07-27
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 2006-07-27
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Expert Options Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Expert Options Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
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BROMIGE LIMITED
This company · 05889192

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
Expert Options Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2020
Mr Charles Alexander Colville
Individual · British · DOB 07/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/03/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Charles Alexander Colvilleceased 06/04/2020· 50-75% shares
  • Mr Christian Frederik Thal-Jantzenceased 06/04/2020· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒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.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

7 Riverview Business Park
Station Road
Forest Row
East Sussex
RH18 5FS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-10
Last: 2025-07-27

Officers (1 active · 10 resigned)

COLVILLE, Charles Alexander→
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRIS, Ian Philip→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-30 · resigned 2008-08-06
Resigned
ROSER, Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-29 · resigned 2007-07-30
Resigned
THAL-JANTZEN, Christian Frederik→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-06 · resigned 2020-04-06
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-27 · resigned 2006-11-29
Resigned
BROMIGE, David→
director · ~97y · appointed 2007-04-01 · resigned 2009-03-31
Resigned
HARRIS, Ian Philip→
director · ~75y · appointed 2007-04-05 · resigned 2009-03-31
Resigned
SCHUMACHER, Juergen Hermann Heinrich→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-04-22 · resigned 2013-08-06
Resigned
THAL-JANTZAN, Christian Frederik→
director · ~82y · appointed 2006-11-29 · resigned 2020-04-06
Resigned
VAUGHAN, Angela Jane→
director · ~70y · appointed 2012-05-23 · resigned 2020-04-06
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-07-27 · resigned 2006-11-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (99 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-07-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-03-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-01-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-14