BRAND DEADSTOCK LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06566078 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-15
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46160
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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, 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, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
45 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-12-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-04-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2008-04-15🏢Company incorporatedAs BRAND DEADSTOCK LIMITED
- 2008-04-15➕HILL, Anthony appointeddirector
- 2008-04-15➕HILL, Jane Louise appointeddirector
Owner dependency
89/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
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 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Anthony Hill Individual · English · DOB 12/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence · firm interest | 04/12/2025 |
Mrs Jane Louise Hill Individual · English · DOB 02/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence · firm interest | 01/07/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Anthony Hillceased 04/12/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATI ATLAS LTD.→ 00463893 · est 1949 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 77y | — | — |
| AZ WHOLESALE LTD→ 11121646 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| BE LIMITLESS YEARS LTD→ 17043751 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BESTLINE WHOLESALE LTD→ 15988214 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BETA UFH LTD→ 13606154 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| BONNETTS GARDEN VILLAGE (BRENTWOOD) LIMITED→ 09555411 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| BOTTLESHOWER LTD.→ 08829533 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| BRANDED STOCKS (EUROPE) LIMITED→ 03462722 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
| BRANDED STOCKS BENELUX LIMITED→ 08165038 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| BRANDED STOCKS HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 03876227 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
| BRANDLABX LIMITED→ 16359647 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46160 — SIC 46160
Registered office
Matrix House
12-16 Lionel Road
Canvey Island
SS8 9DE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HILL, Anthony→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2008-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HILL, Jane Louise→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2008-04-15
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Recent filings (45 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15