BRACKEN HILL FINE FOODS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06768446 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10840
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees151500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2022-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-08
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-10-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2015-03-27
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-12-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BRACKEN HILL FINE FOODS LIMITED
  17. 2008-12-09
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    MAYCOCK, Neil appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-12-09
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    MAYCOCK, Gillian Mary appointed
    director
  19. 2008-12-09
    ➕
    MAYCOCK, Neil Francis appointed
    director
  20. 2008-12-09
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    MAYCOCK, Peter Johnathan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Johnathan Maycock
Individual · British · DOB 08/1977 · age 49
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Gillian Mary Maycock
Individual · British · DOB 03/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Neil Francis Maycock
Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-12-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10840 — SIC 10840

Registered office

West House
Farm
Elvington
North Yorkshire
YO41 4AZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MAYCOCK, Neil→
secretary · appointed 2008-12-09
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MAYCOCK, Gillian Mary→
director · ~74y · appointed 2008-12-09
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Active
MAYCOCK, Neil Francis→
director · ~75y · appointed 2008-12-09
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Active
MAYCOCK, Peter Johnathan→
director · ~49y · appointed 2008-12-09
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Active

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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-10