BRAEVIEW ESCAPES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11562173 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-11
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (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 (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
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees100100

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.

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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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-02-07
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2025-02-07
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  5. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-06-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-12-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-12-01
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  13. 2022-12-01
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  14. 2022-12-01
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  15. 2022-09-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2022-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-02-23
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2020-12-08
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2020-12-08
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2020-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-09-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BRAEVIEW ESCAPES LIMITED
  22. 2018-09-11
    SALLABANKS, Morag appointed
    director

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 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
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.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-02-07: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-02-07: change-of-name-notice

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Morag Sallabanks
Individual · British · DOB 03/1977 · age 49
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/09/2018

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
Incorporated2018-09-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Graham Reid Accountancy
71 Castlegate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1LF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SALLABANKS, Morag
director · ~49y · appointed 2018-09-11
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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-16
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-02-07
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-01
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-12-01