BROWNINGS HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06002317 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-17
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 25990SIC 25990
- 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.4y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.4 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-10📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-06-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-18📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-02-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-02-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-02-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-02-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-02-17📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-02-16📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2022-02-16📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-02-16📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-02-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-02-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-02-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-02-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Michael Trevor Gentle
- 2021-10-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2006-11-17🏢Company incorporatedAs BROWNINGS HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2006-11-17➕GENTLE, Michael Trevor appointedsecretary
- 2006-11-17➕GENTLE, Michael Trevor appointeddirector
- 2006-11-17➕HARRISON, Dean Patrick appointeddirector
- 2006-11-17➕VINCENT, Richard Adam appointeddirector
- 2006-11-17➕GRAEME, Paul Gordon appointedsecretary
- 2006-11-17➖GRAEME, Paul Gordon resignedsecretary
- 2006-11-17➕GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointeddirector
- 2006-11-17➖GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigneddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Brownings Trustees Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Brownings Trustees Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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BROWNINGS HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 06002317
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brownings Trustees Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest | 10/02/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Michael Trevor Gentleceased 10/02/2022· 50-75% shares
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.
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290
Registered office
157 English Street
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU3 2BT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
GENTLE, Michael Trevor→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GENTLE, Michael Trevor→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2006-11-17
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HARRISON, Dean Patrick→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2006-11-17
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VINCENT, Richard Adam→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2006-11-17
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GRAEME, Paul Gordon→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-11-17 · resigned 2006-11-17
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2006-11-17 · resigned 2006-11-17
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Michael Trevor Gentle | A registered charge | — | 10/02/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (68 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-06-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-02-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-02-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-02-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-02-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-02-17