BRILLIANT BY NATURE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
14389461 · ltd · incorporated 2022-09-30
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 51101
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 51102SIC 51102
  • 51210SIC 51210
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). 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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30

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

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 (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-02
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2022-11-01
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  6. 2022-09-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BRILLIANT BY NATURE LIMITED
  7. 2022-09-30
    VINCE, Dale Andrew appointed
    director
  8. 2022-09-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dale Andrew Vince
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/09/2022

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
Incorporated2022-09-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC51101 — SIC 51101

Registered office

Lion House
Rowcroft
Stroud
GL5 3BY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

VINCE, Dale Andrew
director · ~65y · appointed 2022-09-30
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Recent filings (10 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2022-11-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-09-30