BRERETON SERVICES LIMITED

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06171065 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-20
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
£199.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
44 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £199,053
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,471 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 46% YoY
Cash YoY
-46%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£24k
↓ 46% YoY
Net Worth
£199k
↓ 8.5% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£44k£87k£131k£174k£218kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£203.1k£219.0k
Cash£23.9k£44.0k
Net assets£199.1k£217.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-16
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-10-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-10-20
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-29
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  10. 2019-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-08
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-10-11
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-22
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2007-03-20
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    Company incorporated
    As BRERETON SERVICES LIMITED
  15. 2007-03-20
    ➕
    BIRD, Nigel appointed
    secretary
  16. 2007-03-20
    ➕
    BRERETON, Janet appointed
    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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRERETON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 19 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nigel Bird
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/10/2023
Mrs Janet Brereton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/03/2017

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
Incorporated2007-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

Ms J Brereton, 10 Wye Grove
Buxton
Derbyshire
SK17 9AJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BIRD, Nigel→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-20
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Active
BRERETON, Janet→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-03-20
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Active

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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-29