ANT BROWN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

09698013 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-22

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Event catering activities

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	4	200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-03-09
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2025-03-24
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2024-04-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-23
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capital · SH01
2024-04-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-09
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2024-04-09
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officers · CH01
2024-04-02
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accounts · AA
2023-01-10
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address · AD01
2023-01-05
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accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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2021-03-08
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accounts · AA
2020-04-15
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2019-04-30
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accounts · AA
2018-04-30
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accounts · AA
2017-04-26
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accounts · AA
2015-09-22
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BROWN, Sarah Jane appointed
secretary
2015-07-22
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Company incorporated
As ANT BROWN LIMITED
2015-07-22
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BROWN, Anthony James Ransom appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BROWN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Anthony James Ransom Brown Individual · British · DOB 03/1981 · age 45	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Sarah Jane Brown Individual · British · DOB 01/1986 · age 40	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-07-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

Laurel Mount

Hamsterley

Bishop Auckland

DL13 3PP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-04

Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BROWN, Sarah Jane→

secretary · appointed 2015-09-22

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Active

BROWN, Anthony James Ransom→

director · ~45y · appointed 2015-07-22

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-03

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-04-24

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2024-04-23

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-04-10

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-04-09

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-04-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-02

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-27

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-01-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-01-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-04-29