ARCHITECTURAL PLANTS (BRINSBURY) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
09007994 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.1y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-07-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-21
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2023-12-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-20
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2022-10-20
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    Charge satisfied #2
  10. 2022-09-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-10-29
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-10-23
    WHITE, Angus John resigned
    director
  15. 2020-05-21
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2018-10-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2018-10-05
    WATTS, Guy Anthony John appointed
    director
  20. 2018-10-05
    REDMILE-GORDON, Robin Hilary resigned
    director
  21. 2018-10-03
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2018-10-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  23. 2018-07-18
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 2015-06-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Robin Hilary Redmile-Gordon as Trustee for Automotive Rental Pension Fund (Ssas)
  25. 2014-04-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ARCHITECTURAL PLANTS (BRINSBURY) LIMITED
  26. 2014-04-23
    REDMILE-GORDON, Robin Hilary appointed
    director
  27. 2014-04-23
    WHITE, Angus John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

Architectural Plants 2020 Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Architectural Plants 2020 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ARCHITECTURAL PLANTS (BRINSBURY) LIMITED
This company · 09007994

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
Architectural Plants 2020 Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/12/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Architectural Plants Group Limitedceased 18/12/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Architectural Plants Stane Street
North Heath
Pulborough
West Sussex
RH20 1DJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

WATTS, Guy Anthony John
director · ~42y · appointed 2018-10-05
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Active
REDMILE-GORDON, Robin Hilary
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-04-23 · resigned 2018-10-05
Resigned
WHITE, Angus John
director · ~77y · appointed 2014-04-23 · resigned 2020-10-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge03/10/201820/10/2022
satisfied
Robin Hilary Redmile-Gordon as Trustee for Automotive Rental Pension Fund (Ssas)
A registered charge1 property22/06/201518/07/2018

Recent filings (37 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01