BRAID FOODS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06589330 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-09

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£158.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of meat and meat products

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

19 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £158,315

Cash YoY

-14%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£875k

↓ 14% YoY

Net Worth

£158k

↑ 115% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Cash	£875.2k	£1.01M
Net assets	£158.3k	£-1.06M

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

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3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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2026-04-20
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2026-02-04
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2025-07-28
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2025-07-28
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officers · CH01
2025-07-28
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officers · CH01
2025-04-21
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officers · TM01
2025-04-04
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CHEADLE, Deborah resigned
director
2024-12-19
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2024-02-29
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2023-05-19
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accounts · AA
2023-03-02
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officers · TM01
2023-01-06
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MILLER, Linda Agnes resigned
director
2022-03-30
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accounts · AA
2021-06-08
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accounts · AA
2021-04-12
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BRITTON, Rebecca Louise appointed
director
2021-04-12
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CHEADLE, Deborah appointed
director
2021-04-12
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CHEADLE, Mark John resigned
director
2021-04-12
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MILLER, Linda Agnes appointed
director
2021-04-12
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2021-04-12
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2021-04-12
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officers · CH01
2021-04-12
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officers · TM01
2020-03-23
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STOKES, Richard John appointed
director
2019-11-09
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BRITTON, Clive appointed
director
2019-11-09
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MILLER, Robert Reid appointed
director
2019-11-09
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CHEADLE, Mark John appointed
director
2019-07-01
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VINCENT, John Philip appointed
director
2019-07-01
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KERFORD, Joseph resigned
director
2008-09-29
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HARRISON CLARK (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-09-29
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KERFORD, Joseph appointed
director
2008-09-29
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HARRISON CLARK (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2008-05-09
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Company incorporated
As BRAID FOODS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
2008-05-09
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HARRISON CLARK (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-05-09
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HARRISON CLARK (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-05-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46320 — Wholesale of meat and meat products

Registered office

Kroma House Mill Lane

Wadborough

Worcester

WR8 9HB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-23

Last: 2026-05-09