BROOK FOOD TRADING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08389428 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-05
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£200
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
40 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £200

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£200
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£40£80£120£160£200Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Net assets£200£200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2026-05-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-04-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-04-15
    ➖
    WELLS, Stephen Christopher resigned
    director
  5. 2025-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-28
    ➖
    DORRILL, Mark resigned
    secretary
  10. 2022-11-28
    ➖
    DORRILL, Mark resigned
    director
  11. 2022-11-28
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2022-11-28
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-12-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-07-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2019-07-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2018-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-08-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2013-02-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BROOK FOOD TRADING LIMITED
  22. 2013-02-05
    ➕
    LEES, Christopher John appointed
    director
  23. 2013-02-05
    ➕
    WELLS, Ann Mary appointed
    director
  24. 2013-02-05
    ➕
    DORRILL, Mark appointed
    secretary
  25. 2013-02-05
    ➕
    DORRILL, Mark appointed
    director
  26. 2013-02-05
    ➕
    WELLS, Stephen Christopher appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
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 13 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.)

Group structure

Rtb Private Equity Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Rtb Private Equity Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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BROOK FOOD TRADING LIMITED
This company · 08389428

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Rtb Private Equity Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Stephen Christopher Wellsceased 15/04/2026· board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-02-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

The New Works
Roughmoor Industrial Estate
Williton
Somerset
TA4 4RF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-27
Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LEES, Christopher John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WELLS, Ann Mary→
director · ~40y · appointed 2013-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DORRILL, Mark→
secretary · appointed 2013-02-05 · resigned 2022-11-28
Resigned
DORRILL, Mark→
director · ~59y · appointed 2013-02-05 · resigned 2022-11-28
Resigned
WELLS, Stephen Christopher→
director · ~59y · appointed 2013-02-05 · resigned 2026-04-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-05-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-11-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16