BRADLEY HALL FABRICATIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09816447 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-08
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£-7.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £7,949
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,047 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£8k
↓ 824% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 85% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£8k-£3k£2k£7k£12k£18kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£-7.9k£4.6k
Current assets£2.7k£17.5k
Net assets£-7.9k£1.1k

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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2021-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-13
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-09
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    address · AD01
  10. 2019-03-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-03-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-27
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    gazette · DISS40
  14. 2018-01-02
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2017-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2015-10-08
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    Company incorporated
    As BRADLEY HALL FABRICATIONS LTD
  18. 2015-10-08
    ➕
    TALBOT, Ann Josephine appointed
    director
  19. 2015-10-08
    ➕
    TALBOT, Thomas Edward appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Thomas Edward Talbot
Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Ms Ann Josephine Talbot
Individual · British · DOB 06/1955 · age 71
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-10-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

2a Swordfish Business Park Swordfish Close
Higgins Lane
Burscough
Lancashire
L40 8JW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-21
Last: 2025-10-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TALBOT, Ann Josephine→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-10-08
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Active
TALBOT, Thomas Edward→
director · ~70y · appointed 2015-10-08
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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-13