BRETT BUILDING MATERIALS LIMITED

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NF003551 · oversea-company · incorporated 2000-10-10

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

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Net worth

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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Investor take

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Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (47/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, no SIC, incorporation date

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (7 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

2 filings — limited history

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand

2000-11-16
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legacy
accounts · 233(NI)
2000-10-10
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Company incorporated
As BRETT BUILDING MATERIALS LIMITED
2000-10-10
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WOOLNOUGH, Peter Barry appointed
secretary
2000-10-10
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BRETT, Stephen Robert appointed
director
2000-10-10
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BRETT, Timothy William appointed
director
2000-10-10
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BRETT, William John appointed
director
2000-10-10
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O CARROLL, Brendan Mark appointed
director
2000-10-10
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RUSSELL, Simon John appointed
director
2000-10-10
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WOOLNOUGH, Peter Barry appointed
director
2000-10-10
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legacy
other · 641(NI)

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BRETT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeoversea-company

Incorporated2000-10-10

Jurisdictionunited-kingdom

Primary SIC—

Registered office

Unit 4

Castleton Centre

30/42 York Road

Belfast

BT15

Filing status

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