BRACKENBOROUGH LAKES LTD
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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -77% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 3.1y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Charge age ~3.1 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.00M | £1.65M |
| Current assets | £352.7k | £87.5k |
| Cash | £9.4k | £40.0k |
| Debtors | £343.3k | £47.5k |
| Net assets | £-43.1k | £-43.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-12-18🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Folk Nominee Limited
- 2024-06-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-03-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-03-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-03-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-03-28🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Folk Nominee Limited
- 2024-03-28🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-03-28🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-02-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-06-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-06-20🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Gemini Finance LTD
- 2023-06-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Gemini Finance LTD
- 2023-04-11🏢Company incorporatedAs BRACKENBOROUGH LAKES LTD
- 2023-04-11➕LIDGARD, Ashley Robert appointeddirector
- 2023-04-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
1 med ·Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Oak Ridge Hotels Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oak Ridge Hotels Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 09/05/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ashley Robert Lidgardceased 09/05/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Filing status
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Folk Nominee Folk Nominee Limited | A registered charge | 14 properties | 18/12/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Folk Nominee Folk Nominee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/03/2024 | — | |
| satisfied | Gemini Finance Gemini Finance LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/06/2023 | 28/03/2024 | |
| satisfied | Gemini Finance Gemini Finance LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/06/2023 | 28/03/2024 |