BRONZELEAF RAIL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09619173 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-02
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
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02100
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
45 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£45k£89k£134k£179k£223kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£219.5k
Current assets£223.4k
Cash£128.5k
Debtors£95.0k
Net assets£191.4k
Average employees13

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-09
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-22
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  4. 2022-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2019-12-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2019-12-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2019-12-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2019-12-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2019-10-18
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-09-10
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    address · AD01
  15. 2019-09-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-08-22
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    capital · SH01
  17. 2019-08-22
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    capital · SH01
  18. 2019-08-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2019-08-01
    ROBINSON, Jeremy appointed
    director
  20. 2019-08-01
    ROBINSON, Sebastian Scott Devereux appointed
    director
  21. 2016-11-21
    WOOD, Max Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2016-11-21
    CLEMENTS, Richard resigned
    director
  23. 2015-06-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BRONZELEAF RAIL LIMITED
  24. 2015-06-02
    CLEMENTS, Richard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Bronzeleaf Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Bronzeleaf Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BRONZELEAF RAIL LIMITED
This company · 09619173

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bronzeleaf Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/12/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Sebastian Scott Devereux Robinsonceased 19/12/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Max Paul Woodceased 19/12/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2015-06-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02100 — SIC 02100

Registered office

701 Stonehouse Park Sperry Way
Stonehouse
Gloucestershire
GL10 3UT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-16
Last: 2026-06-02

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ROBINSON, Jeremy
director · ~68y · appointed 2019-08-01
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Active
ROBINSON, Sebastian Scott Devereux
director · ~35y · appointed 2019-08-01
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Active
WOOD, Max Paul
director · ~39y · appointed 2016-11-21
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Active
CLEMENTS, Richard
director · ~38y · appointed 2015-06-02 · resigned 2016-11-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-12-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2019-12-30