BRIGHTWELL SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06217212 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-18

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

£1.97M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28990

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

62090Other information technology service activities
71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
95120SIC 95120

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -69% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 13.0y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 13.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

78 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,970,344

Cash draining

Cash down 69% YoY

Cash YoY

-69%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£195k

↓ 69% YoY

Net Worth

£2.0m

↑ 34% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Cash	£194.6k	£624.4k
Net assets	£1.97M	£1.47M

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

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2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 persons-with-significant-control
• 3 officers
• 2 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-01
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officers · AP01
2026-04-01
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officers · AP01
2026-04-01
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officers · AP01
2026-03-31
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KNIGHT, Thomas William appointed
director
2026-03-31
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VALENTINE, Maxwell James appointed
director
2026-03-31
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WIMPENNY, Anthony David appointed
director
2026-03-12
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-28
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mortgage · MR04
2026-01-28
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-01-28
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Charge satisfied #2
2026-01-28
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-04-20
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-20
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2013-08-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2013-08-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2007-04-18
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Company incorporated
As BRIGHTWELL SYSTEMS LIMITED
2007-04-18
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EMSLEY, Andrew David appointed
secretary
2007-04-18
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EMSLEY, Andrew David appointed
director
2007-04-18
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EMSLEY, Susanna Jane appointed
director
2007-04-18
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-04-18
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-04-18
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-04-18
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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

Bohr Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bohr Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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BRIGHTWELL SYSTEMS LIMITED

This company · 06217212

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
Bohr Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	31/03/2026

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Andrew David Emsleyceased 31/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Susanna Jane Emsleyceased 31/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2007-04-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990

Registered office

Saggar House

Princes Drive

Worcester

WR1 2PG

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-02

Last: 2026-04-18