BROADOAK CIDER COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06224116 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-24

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 7.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£147.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 11030

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46342SIC 46342
70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). 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 7.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 7.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

45 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 £147,266

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£147k

↑ 112% YoY

Current Assets

£665k

↑ 23% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£253.7k	£109.5k
Current assets	£665.3k	£542.9k
Net assets	£147.3k	£69.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-06-30
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2024-07-03
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accounts · AA
2023-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-10-15
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mortgage · MR01
2018-10-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Close Brothers Limited (The “Security Trustee”)
2018-06-29
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accounts · AA
2017-12-04
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officers · AP01
2017-12-01
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BRUNT, Steven Lee appointed
director
2017-06-23
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accounts · AA
2016-06-21
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accounts · AA
2016-05-04
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-05-15
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annual-return · AR01
2013-04-03
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BIGGS, Reginald Paul resigned
director
2013-04-02
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BRUNT, Nina Maria Emily appointed
director
2011-01-17
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BRUNT, Brian Arthur resigned
director
2011-01-11
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BIGGS, Reginald Paul appointed
director
2007-04-24
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Company incorporated
As BROADOAK CIDER COMPANY LIMITED
2007-04-24
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BRUNT, Nina Maria Emily appointed
secretary
2007-04-24
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BRUNT, Brian Arthur appointed
director

Owner dependency

81/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Nina Maria Emily Brunt Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	03/10/2016

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

Incorporated2007-04-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC11030 — SIC 11030

Registered office

Scott Cottage, Pagans Hill

Chew Stoke

Bristol

BS40 8UQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-08

Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BRUNT, Nina Maria Emily→

secretary · appointed 2007-04-24

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Active

BRUNT, Nina Maria Emily→

director · ~76y · appointed 2013-04-02

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Active

BRUNT, Steven Lee→

director · ~47y · appointed 2017-12-01

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Active

BIGGS, Reginald Paul→

director · ~78y · appointed 2011-01-11 · resigned 2013-04-03

Resigned

BRUNT, Brian Arthur→

director · ~76y · appointed 2007-04-24 · resigned 2011-01-17

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Close Brothers Close Brothers Limited (The “Security Trustee”)	A registered charge	—	08/10/2018	—

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