BRAINS BRANDS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12360334 · ltd · incorporated 2019-12-12
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-6.76M
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 21100
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 74/100 (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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -70% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 3.9y
20/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Charge age ~3.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,762,626
Cash draining
Cash down 70% YoY
Cash YoY
-70%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£36k
↓ 70% YoY
Net Worth
-£6.8m
↓ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£358k
↓ 56% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £66.4k | £636.4k |
| Current assets | £357.5k | £820.4k |
| Cash | £36.2k | £122.7k |
| Debtors | £31.0k | £218.5k |
| Net assets | £-6.76M | £-5.21M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2025-12-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-10-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-12-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-02-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-02-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: 1428 Investments Inc.
- 2023-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-30📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-08-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Dsm Venturing B.V.
- 2021-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-01-07📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-04-16📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-12-12🏢Company incorporatedAs BRAINS BRANDS LTD
- 2019-12-12➕BRAR, Swarandeep Singh appointedsecretary
- 2019-12-12➕BRAR, Ricky appointeddirector
- 2019-12-12➕BRAR, Swarandeep Singh appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC21100 — SIC 21100
Registered office
Spitfire House Hugin Lane
Discovery Park
Sandwich
Kent
CT13 9FG
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BRAR, Swarandeep Singh→
Activesecretary · appointed 2019-12-12
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Active
BRAR, Swarandeep Singh→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2019-12-12
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | 1428 Investments . 1428 Investments Inc. | A registered charge | — | 15/02/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Dsm Venturing B.V. | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/08/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (26 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-12-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-11-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11