BRACKENDALE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08771581 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-12
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£-1.33M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -33% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 12.3y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
43 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 · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,327,571
Cash YoY
-33%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£5k
↓ 33% YoY
Net Worth
-£1.3m
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £86.4k | £152.1k |
| Current assets | £5.4k | £8.9k |
| Cash | £5.0k | £7.5k |
| Debtors | £324 | £1.3k |
| Net assets | £-1.33M | £-1.20M |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-08-14➕HOLLIDAY, Thomas Brook, Mr. appointeddirector
- 2023-02-09📄termination-director-companyofficers · TM01
- 2023-02-08➖BARSTOW, James David resigneddirector
- 2022-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-15📄change-person-director-companyofficers · CH01
- 2019-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-02-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2014-02-01➕BARSTOW, Michael James appointedsecretary
- 2014-02-01➕BARSTOW, James David appointeddirector
- 2013-11-12🏢Company incorporatedAs BRACKENDALE LIMITED
- 2013-11-12➕BARSTOW, Michael James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 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 13 years.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael James Barstow Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-11-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110
Registered office
48 Redan Street
London
W14 0AB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
BARSTOW, Michael James→
Activesecretary · appointed 2014-02-01
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BARSTOW, Michael James→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2013-11-12
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HOLLIDAY, Thomas Brook, Mr.→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2023-08-14
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BARSTOW, James David→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2014-02-01 · resigned 2023-02-08
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/02/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (43 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-15
termination-director-company
officers · TM01
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16