BRENDAN WRIGHT MECHANICAL LTD

💤Zombieactive

09017855 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-29

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£2.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33200

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -40% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,517

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,528 YoY

Cash YoY

-40%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↓ 40% YoY

Net Worth

£3k

↓ 58% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↓ 49% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£2.5k	£6.0k
Current assets	£3.5k	£7.0k
Cash	£3.5k	£5.9k
Debtors	—	£1.1k
Net assets	£2.5k	£6.0k

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

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1 signal 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-01-30
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2023-01-31
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2022-01-31
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2021-02-03
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2020-01-30
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2019-02-01
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2018-01-31
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2016-01-29
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2015-05-22
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2014-04-29
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Company incorporated
As BRENDAN WRIGHT MECHANICAL LTD
2014-04-29
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WRIGHT, Brendan Gerard Dominic appointed
director
2014-04-29
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JOHN, Ceri Richard appointed
director
2014-04-29
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JOHN, Ceri Richard resigned
director

Owner dependency

100/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WRIGHT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Brendan Gerard Dominic Wright Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2014-04-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

21 Beehive Green

Welwyn Garden City

Herts

AL7 4BG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-13

Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

WRIGHT, Brendan Gerard Dominic→

director · ~66y · appointed 2014-04-29

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Active

JOHN, Ceri Richard→

director · ~71y · appointed 2014-04-29 · resigned 2014-04-29

Resigned

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