BROWN & CO FINANCIAL PLANNING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14682285 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-22
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£34
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of mortgage finance companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 66220Activities of insurance agents and brokers
  • 70221Financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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, 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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £34
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £112 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£34
↓ 77% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 1.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£10.2k£146
Current assets£10.2k£10.3k
Cash£5.3k
Debtors£5.0k
Net assets£34£146

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-11-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-19
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-11-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-04-26
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2024-04-26
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2024-03-05
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2024-03-05
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-03-01
    BROWN, Joe appointed
    director
  11. 2023-02-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BROWN & CO FINANCIAL PLANNING LTD
  12. 2023-02-22
    BROWN, Pamela Margaret appointed
    director
  13. 2023-02-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BROWN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 Joe Brown
Individual · British · DOB 01/2001 · age 25
5075%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting01/03/2024
Mrs Pamela Margaret Brown
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/02/2023

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
Incorporated2023-02-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64922 — Activities of mortgage finance companies

Registered office

29 Sheep Street
Bicester
OX26 6JF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last: 2025-11-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BROWN, Joe
director · ~25y · appointed 2024-03-01
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Active
BROWN, Pamela Margaret
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-02-22
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Active

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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-04-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-03-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-02-22