DAISYBROOK INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11476665 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-22
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of investment trusts
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 7.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-31
Average employees200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2019-01-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2019-01-02
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2018-12-19
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
  12. 2018-12-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
  13. 2018-12-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
  14. 2018-07-22
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    Company incorporated
    As DAISYBROOK INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  15. 2018-07-22
    ➕
    BROOKS, Craig appointed
    director
  16. 2018-07-22
    ➕
    BROOKS, Fionn appointed
    director
  17. 2018-07-22
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Craig Brooks
Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/07/2018
Mrs Fionn Brooks
Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/07/2018

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
Incorporated2018-07-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64301 — Activities of investment trusts

Registered office

Northcote Manor Cottage
Burrington
Umberleigh
Devon
EX37 9LZ
United Kingdom

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)

BROOKS, Craig→
director · ~52y · appointed 2018-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOKS, Fionn→
director · ~56y · appointed 2018-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Handelsbanken
Handelsbanken PLC
A registered charge1 property19/12/2018—
outstanding
Handelsbanken
Handelsbanken PLC
A registered charge1 property19/12/2018—
outstanding
Handelsbanken
Handelsbanken PLC
A registered charge1 property19/12/2018—
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Recent filings (18 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2019-01-02