BRECK CASINGS LTD

💤Zombieactive
10042976 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-04
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat
Sector: Manufacturing
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: 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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£10k£19k£29k£38k£48kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£37.7k
Current assets£47.9k
Net assets£13.2k
Average employees200

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2016-03-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BRECK CASINGS LTD
  13. 2016-03-04
    BLYTHE, Martin appointed
    director
  14. 2016-03-04
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martin Blythe
Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54
75100%
75-100% 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
Incorporated2016-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat

Registered office

Colmart House
Stephens Way, Warrington Road Industrial Estate
Wigan
WN3 6PH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BLYTHE, Martin
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-03-04
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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-20