BROOKE ENERGY (WINCHESTER) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
10169466 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-09
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 9.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 9.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
34 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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
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 (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-11➕HEUFF, Mark Nicolaas appointeddirector
- 2024-11-11➕STUART, Troy appointeddirector
- 2024-11-11➖AYRES, Timothy Kevin resigneddirector
- 2024-11-11📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-10-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-01-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-09📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-05-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-05-14➖THOMAS, Kevin Ian resigneddirector
- 2020-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
- 2016-12-01➕BROOKE, Glyn appointeddirector
- 2016-12-01➕THOMAS, Kevin Ian appointeddirector
- 2016-05-09🏢Company incorporatedAs BROOKE ENERGY (WINCHESTER) LIMITED
- 2016-05-09➕AYRES, Timothy Kevin appointeddirector
Owner dependency
80/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BROOKE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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
Brooke Energy Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Brooke Energy Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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BROOKE ENERGY (WINCHESTER) LIMITED
This company · 10169466
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brooke Energy Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/09/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Timothy Kevin Ayresceased 01/09/2023· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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
Incorporated2016-05-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110
Registered office
Jewells
Hemyock
Cullompton
Devon
EX15 3PX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-21
Last: 2026-05-07
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
BROOKE, Glyn→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2016-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HEUFF, Mark Nicolaas→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2024-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STUART, Troy→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2024-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
AYRES, Timothy Kevin→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2016-05-09 · resigned 2024-11-11
THOMAS, Kevin Ian→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2016-12-01 · resigned 2020-05-14
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lombard North Central Lombard North Central PLC | A registered charge | — | 24/03/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (34 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-17