BRUTON DAIRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09523127 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-01
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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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-13
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-20
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-09
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2021-05-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-05-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2021-05-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2021-05-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2021-05-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2021-04-06
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-08-21
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    PORTCH, Paul resigned
    director
  16. 2020-02-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2020-02-11
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    PORTCH, Katie appointed
    director
  18. 2020-01-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2020-01-14
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    officers · AP01
  20. 2020-01-14
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    officers · TM01
  21. 2020-01-09
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    HOUSE, Michael William Coate resigned
    director
  22. 2020-01-01
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    PORTCH, Timothy Andrew appointed
    director
  23. 2019-10-12
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    SKIDMORE, David Robert resigned
    director
  24. 2019-10-01
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    PORTCH, Paul appointed
    director
  25. 2015-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As BRUTON DAIRY LIMITED
  26. 2015-04-01
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    HOUSE, Michael William Coate appointed
    director
  27. 2015-04-01
    ➕
    SKIDMORE, David Robert appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jane Ann Portch
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/04/2021
Mr Timothy Andrew Portch
Individual · British · DOB 03/1994 · age 32
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/04/2021
Miss Katie Portch
Individual · British · DOB 10/1991 · age 35
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/04/2021
Mr Philip Ross Portch
Individual · British · DOB 09/1996 · age 30
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/04/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Michael William Coate Houseceased 01/04/2021· 25-50% shares
  • Mr David Robert Skidmoreceased 17/10/2019· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46110 — Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods

Registered office

2 Bailey Hill
Castle Cary
BA7 7AD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PORTCH, Katie→
director · ~35y · appointed 2020-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PORTCH, Timothy Andrew→
director · ~32y · appointed 2020-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOUSE, Michael William Coate→
director · ~85y · appointed 2015-04-01 · resigned 2020-01-09
Resigned
PORTCH, Paul→
director · ~62y · appointed 2019-10-01 · resigned 2020-08-21
Resigned
SKIDMORE, David Robert→
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-04-01 · resigned 2019-10-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-05-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-05-13