ALAN BROWN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06645082 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-14
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-14.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £14,580
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£277
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£15k
↑ 57% YoY
Current Assets
£78k
↑ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£34k-£11k£11k£33k£55k£78kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£9.2k£2.1k
Current assets£77.8k£54.9k
Cash£277£277
Debtors£77.5k£54.7k
Net assets£-14.6k£-33.5k

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

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1 signal 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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
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  2. 2024-12-03
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  4. 2023-11-16
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  5. 2023-03-16
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  6. 2022-03-28
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  7. 2021-04-16
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  8. 2021-02-22
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  9. 2019-11-29
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  10. 2019-01-10
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  11. 2018-04-06
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  12. 2017-04-27
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  13. 2017-04-12
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  14. 2017-04-12
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  15. 2017-04-12
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  16. 2016-10-27
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  17. 2016-10-27
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2016-10-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Just Cash Flow PLC
  19. 2016-04-19
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    BROWN, Alan David appointed
    director
  20. 2016-03-24
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    BROWN, Alan David resigned
    director
  21. 2012-11-23
    ➕
    BROWN, Alan David appointed
    director
  22. 2012-07-31
    ➖
    BROWN, Alan David resigned
    director
  23. 2012-07-02
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    BROWN, Josephine Claire appointed
    director
  24. 2008-07-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAN BROWN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES LIMITED
  25. 2008-07-14
    ➕
    BROWN, Alan David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BROWN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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 14 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan David Brown
Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2016
Mrs Josephine Claire Brown
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2016

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
Incorporated2008-07-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

11a Kimberley Park Road
Falmouth
TR11 2DA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BROWN, Alan David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Josephine Claire→
director · ~61y · appointed 2012-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Alan David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2012-11-23 · resigned 2016-03-24
Resigned
BROWN, Alan David→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-07-14 · resigned 2012-07-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Just Cash Flow
Just Cash Flow PLC
A registered charge—20/10/201627/10/2016

Recent filings (54 total)

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2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-29