BOROUGH BROTH COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09590728 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-14
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-601.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10130
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 7.8y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
67 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £601,298
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£6k
Net Worth
-£601k
Current Assets
£1.3m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-532.7k | — |
| Current assets | £1.32M | — |
| Cash | £6.3k | — |
| Debtors | £850.6k | — |
| Net assets | £-601.3k | — |
| Average employees | — | 2600 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 capital
Last 180 days
12
filings
- • 3 capital
- • 3 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-30📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-03-30📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2026-03-06📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-12-17📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-12-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-12-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-12-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-11-25➕ESCOLME, Mark Irving appointeddirector
- 2025-11-25➕GIBBS, Rory James appointeddirector
- 2025-11-25➖HEATHCOTE, Michael Barry John resignedsecretary
- 2024-12-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-12-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-11-27📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-11-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-11-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-11-19📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-16📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-04-16🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-02-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-12-13🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Ecapital Commercial Finance Limited
- 2021-01-01➕HEATHCOTE, Michael Barry John appointedsecretary
- 2020-03-04🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2020-03-04🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2018-08-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
- 2015-05-14🏢Company incorporatedAs BOROUGH BROTH COMPANY LIMITED
- 2015-05-14➕HEATHCOTE, Rosamund Lucy appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Piper Private Equity Fund Vii Lp holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
🏛️significant stake
Piper Private Equity Fund Vii Lp
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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BOROUGH BROTH COMPANY LIMITED
This company · 09590728
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Piper Private Equity Fund Vii Lp Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 25/11/2025 |
Rosamund Lucy Heathcote Individual · British · DOB 02/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Rosamund Heathcoteceased 06/04/2016· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-05-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10130 — SIC 10130
Registered office
Unit 6 Fairway Drive
Greenford
Middlesex
UB6 8PW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
ESCOLME, Mark Irving→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2025-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GIBBS, Rory James→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2025-11-25
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HEATHCOTE, Rosamund Lucy→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2015-05-14
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HEATHCOTE, Michael Barry John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2021-01-01 · resigned 2025-11-25
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Ecapital Commercial Finance Ecapital Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 13/12/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/03/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/03/2020 | — | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD | A registered charge | — | 24/08/2018 | 16/04/2024 |
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Recent filings (67 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-30
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-30
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-03-06
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-12-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-17
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-30