BROOKLAND SAND & AGGREGATES LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
07104105 · ltd · incorporated 2009-12-14
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
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 08120
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (70/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.3y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £71,255

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Profit before tax£71.3k£1.06M
Average employees151500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-12-07
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2022-12-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2022-09-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2018-01-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2017-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-04-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2017-03-31
    ➖
    CLEAVE, Ann resigned
    director
  19. 2015-02-20
    ➖
    CLEAVE, Norman Barry resigned
    director
  20. 2014-02-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
  21. 2010-03-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bibby Financial Services Limited (As Security Trustee)
  22. 2009-12-22
    ➕
    CLEAVE, Norman Marshall appointed
    director
  23. 2009-12-22
    ➕
    CLEAVE, Ann appointed
    director
  24. 2009-12-22
    ➕
    CLEAVE, Norman Barry appointed
    director
  25. 2009-12-22
    ➖
    WARMISHAM, Barry Charles resigned
    director
  26. 2009-12-14
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    Company incorporated
    As BROOKLAND SAND & AGGREGATES LIMITED
  27. 2009-12-14
    ➕
    WARMISHAM, Barry Charles appointed
    director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Norman Marshall Cleave
Individual · British · DOB 02/1978 · age 48
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Ann Anderson Cleaveceased 01/03/2017· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated2009-12-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC08120 — SIC 08120

Registered office

Littlejohns Pit
Cocksbarrow
St. Austell
Cornwall
PL26 8XT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

CLEAVE, Norman Marshall→
director · ~48y · appointed 2009-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLEAVE, Ann→
director · ~80y · appointed 2009-12-22 · resigned 2017-03-31
Resigned
CLEAVE, Norman Barry→
director · ~77y · appointed 2009-12-22 · resigned 2015-02-20
Resigned
WARMISHAM, Barry Charles→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-12-14 · resigned 2009-12-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
A registered charge1 property03/02/2014—
satisfied
Bibby Financial Services
Bibby Financial Services Limited (As Security Trustee)
Debenture1 property26/03/201007/12/2022
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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-14
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-12-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-25