BIRDBROOK ROSETTES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07802432 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-07
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 7.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£41.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13300
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). 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 7.3y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.3 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
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
75
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £41,372
Net assets shrinking
Down £16 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£41k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£145k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£29k£58k£87k£116k£145kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£83.2k£73.5k
Current assets£144.7k£112.0k
Cash—£2.8k
Debtors£100.9k£62.7k
Net assets£41.4k£41.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-28
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    CHRISTIE, Helen Jane resigned
    director
  5. 2024-03-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-07-14
    ➖
    ALLEN, Charles resigned
    director
  7. 2023-07-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2023-04-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-03-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-08-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-01-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2019-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-01-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  20. 2016-08-18
    ➕
    CHRISTIE, Moira Jane appointed
    director
  21. 2016-02-29
    ➕
    CHRISTIE, Helen Jane appointed
    director
  22. 2011-10-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BIRDBROOK ROSETTES LIMITED
  23. 2011-10-07
    ➕
    ALLEN, Linda Jane appointed
    director
  24. 2011-10-07
    ➕
    ALLEN, Charles appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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
Mrs Linda Jane Allen
Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/04/2023
Mr Charles Allen
Individual · Maltese · DOB 06/1948 · age 78
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-10-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC13300 — SIC 13300

Registered office

Unit 14 Riverside Enterprise Park Skellingthorpe Road
Saxilby
Lincoln
LN1 2FU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ALLEN, Linda Jane→
director · ~78y · appointed 2011-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHRISTIE, Moira Jane→
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-08-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLEN, Charles→
director · ~78y · appointed 2011-10-07 · resigned 2023-07-14
Resigned
CHRISTIE, Helen Jane→
director · ~51y · appointed 2016-02-29 · resigned 2024-03-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property24/01/2019—
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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-21