BRAMBLE HOLDINGS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
10204317 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-27
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
£352.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of real estate investment trusts
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 7.3y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
33 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £352,072
Cash YoY
+58%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£46k
↑ 58% YoY
Net Worth
£352k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | £46.1k | £29.3k |
| Net assets | £352.1k | £287.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
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 (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-26📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-08-17📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-06-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-03-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Exeter Finance 2 Limited (Trading as “Exeter Finance”)
- 2018-06-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-04-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-04-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-05-27🏢Company incorporatedAs BRAMBLE HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2016-05-27➕DALTON, Melvyn Tony appointeddirector
Owner dependency
95/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Melvyn Tony Dalton Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 27/05/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 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
Incorporated2016-05-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64306 — Activities of real estate investment trusts
Registered office
Centenary House Peninsula Park
Rydon Lane
Exeter
EX2 7XE
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-09
Last: 2026-05-26
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
DALTON, Melvyn Tony→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2016-05-27
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Exeter Finance 2 (Trading as “Exeter Finance”) Exeter Finance 2 Limited (Trading as “Exeter Finance”) | A registered charge | 3 properties | 12/03/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (33 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-05
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-08-17