BROWN AND ILLINGWORTH LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07620779 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-04
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 May 2025
Net worth
£121.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Removal services
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -76% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.5y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £121,289
Cash draining
Cash down 76% YoY
Cash YoY
-76%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£14k
↓ 76% YoY
Net Worth
£121k
↑ 4.6% YoY
Current Assets
£153k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £191.9k | £143.5k |
| Current assets | £152.5k | £183.0k |
| Cash | £14.3k | £58.5k |
| Debtors | £138.2k | £124.5k |
| Net assets | £121.3k | £115.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-05-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-01➕BROWN, Michelle appointeddirector
- 2022-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2019-04-09🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2019-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-06-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2013-05-31🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance LTD
- 2012-11-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bibby Financial Services Limited
- 2011-05-04🏢Company incorporatedAs BROWN AND ILLINGWORTH LIMITED
- 2011-05-04➕BROWN, David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BROWN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 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 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Michelle Brown Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | — | board control25-50% shares · board control | 01/06/2023 |
Mr David Brown Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | — | board control25-50% shares · board control | 04/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-05-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49420 — Removal services
Registered office
Unit 4 The Preserving Works
Newburn Industrial Estate
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne And Wear
NE15 9TU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-28
Last: 2026-05-14
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BROWN, David→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2011-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROWN, Michelle→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2023-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/05/2013 | 09/04/2019 | |
| satisfied | Bibby Financial Services Bibby Financial Services Limited | Debenture | 1 property | 28/11/2012 | 27/06/2013 |
Recent filings (39 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-21