WESTBROOK HOLDINGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06432224 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-20
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 13.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.5y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (59/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
73 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-12-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-12-08📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-11-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-11-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-11-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-11-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-11-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-11-06🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2023-11-06🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-28📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2023-03-27📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-03-21📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-20🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2016-04-20🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2013-11-29➖BRUCE, Lee Graham resignedsecretary
- 2012-11-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2012-11-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2011-11-21➕JONES, Nicholas Lee appointeddirector
- 2007-11-20🏢Company incorporatedAs WESTBROOK HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2007-11-20➕WALTON, Shaun appointeddirector
- 2007-11-20➕BRUCE, Lee Graham appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Westbrook Eot Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Westbrook Eot Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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WESTBROOK HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 06432224
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Westbrook Eot Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 24/11/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Shaun Waltonceased 24/11/2023· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-11-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
Westbrook House Wreakes Lane
Dronfield
Sheffield
S18 1LY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
JONES, Nicholas Lee→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2011-11-21
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WALTON, Shaun→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2007-11-20
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BRUCE, Lee Graham→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-11-20 · resigned 2013-11-29
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/04/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/04/2016 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 28/11/2012 | 06/11/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | An omnibus guarantee and set-off agreement | 1 property | 28/11/2012 | 06/11/2023 |
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Recent filings (73 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-08-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-08
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-12-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-11-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-11-06
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-07-10