BROWNLOW HEAT TRANSFER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI041271 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-03
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£940.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35220
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.6y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £940,023
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,435 YoY
Cash YoY
-7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£734k
↓ 7.1% YoY
Net Worth
£940k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 3.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£217k£435k£652k£870k£1.1mSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£947.2k£954.6k
Current assets£1.09M£1.06M
Cash£733.9k£790.2k
Debtors£218.2k£149.8k
Net assets£940.0k£942.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2019-08-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-08-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-08-05
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    address · AD01
  13. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-04
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    capital · SH06
  16. 2017-09-25
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  17. 2013-04-06
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    MCCONAGHY, Charlene appointed
    director
  18. 2013-04-06
    ➕
    NASH, Colm appointed
    director
  19. 2008-06-09
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    WASH, Caroline Ann resigned
    director
  20. 2007-10-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  21. 2007-10-04
    ➕
    MCCONAGHY, Charlene appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-10-04
    ➖
    BAXTER, Raymond resigned
    secretary
  23. 2007-06-01
    ➕
    NASH, Caroline appointed
    director
  24. 2007-06-01
    ➖
    CROSSEY, Gerald resigned
    director
  25. 2007-06-01
    ➕
    WASH, Caroline Ann appointed
    director
  26. 2001-08-03
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    Company incorporated
    As BROWNLOW HEAT TRANSFER LIMITED
  27. 2001-08-03
    ➕
    NASH, Colm appointed
    director
  28. 2001-08-03
    ➕
    BAXTER, Raymond appointed
    secretary
  29. 2001-08-03
    ➕
    CROSSEY, Gerald appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Caroline Nash
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control25/07/2023
Mr Colm Nash
Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-08-03
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC35220 — SIC 35220

Registered office

1 Wenlock Road
Lurgan
Craigavon
County Armagh
BT66 8QR
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-12
Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

MCCONAGHY, Charlene→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-04
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Active
MCCONAGHY, Charlene→
director · ~44y · appointed 2013-04-06
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Active
NASH, Caroline→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-06-01
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NASH, Colm→
director · ~36y · appointed 2013-04-06
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Active
NASH, Colm→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-08-03
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Active
BAXTER, Raymond→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-03 · resigned 2007-10-04
Resigned
CROSSEY, Gerald→
director · ~83y · appointed 2001-08-03 · resigned 2007-06-01
Resigned
WASH, Caroline Ann→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-06-01 · resigned 2008-06-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
Debenture1 property05/10/2007—
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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-08-05