BRASSMONKEY TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
09044680 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-16
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
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
41 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
11
filings
  • • 5 capital
  • • 2 incorporation
  • • 2 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-03
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  2. 2026-04-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2026-03-18
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  4. 2026-03-13
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  5. 2026-03-10
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2026-03-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2026-03-10
    📄
    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  8. 2026-03-05
    📄
    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  9. 2026-03-02
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  10. 2026-02-20
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2025-03-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2025-01-14
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  13. 2025-01-14
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2025-01-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2023-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-08-05
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  18. 2021-12-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-07-21
    ➕
    ELLWOOD, Jack Callum appointed
    director
  21. 2019-07-21
    ➕
    ELLWOOD, Jamie Jonah appointed
    director
  22. 2014-05-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRASSMONKEY TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD
  23. 2014-05-16
    ➕
    ELLWOOD, Aileen Stewart appointed
    director
  24. 2014-05-16
    ➕
    ELLWOOD, Richard Albert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-05-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

4 Town Foot
Alston
Cumbria
CA9 3HX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-30
Last: 2026-05-16

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

ELLWOOD, Aileen Stewart→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-05-16
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Active
ELLWOOD, Jack Callum→
director · ~41y · appointed 2019-07-21
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Active
ELLWOOD, Jamie Jonah→
director · ~39y · appointed 2019-07-21
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Active
ELLWOOD, Richard Albert→
director · ~71y · appointed 2014-05-16
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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-23
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-04-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-04-03
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-03-18
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2026-03-13
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-03-10
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-03-05
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-03-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-01-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-14