BRAILES AGRICULTURE LTD

🌳Matureactive
09287148 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-29
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£201.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 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 £201,786

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£202k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£270k
↑ 61% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£54k£108k£162k£216k£270kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£201.8k£162.3k
Current assets£269.6k£167.1k
Net assets£201.8k£162.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-04-01
    ➕
    HINDLE, Max appointed
    director
  3. 2025-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-03-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-03-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-03-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-03-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As BRAILES AGRICULTURE LTD
  18. 2014-10-29
    ➕
    WYLLIE, Rachael Jean appointed
    secretary
  19. 2014-10-29
    ➕
    HASSELL, Richard Loxton appointed
    director
  20. 2014-10-29
    ➕
    WYLLIE, Rachael Jean appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Loxton Hassell
Individual · British · DOB 12/1939 · age 87
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Rachael Jean Wyllie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46310 — Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Registered office

4 Deerhurst Close
Little Compton
Moreton-In-Marsh
Gloucestershire
GL56 0SR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

WYLLIE, Rachael Jean→
secretary · appointed 2014-10-29
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Active
HASSELL, Richard Loxton→
director · ~87y · appointed 2014-10-29
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Active
HINDLE, Max→
director · ~32y · appointed 2026-04-01
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Active
WYLLIE, Rachael Jean→
director · ~75y · appointed 2014-10-29
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Recent filings (29 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-30