BROOMCROFT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC029797 · ltd · incorporated 1953-12-31

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£20.21M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -68% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.4y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 9.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

127 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £20,206,905

Cash draining

Cash down 68% YoY

Cash YoY

-68%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£200k

↓ 68% YoY

Net Worth

£20m

↑ 2.3% YoY

Current Assets

£12m

↑ 2.5% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£20.84M	£20.38M
Current assets	£11.60M	£11.32M
Cash	£199.9k	£619.7k
Debtors	£5.12M	£4.76M
Net assets	£20.21M	£19.74M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-01-05
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accounts · AA
2025-01-13
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accounts · AA
2024-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
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officers · CH01
2023-01-24
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accounts · AA
2022-10-31
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officers · CH01
2022-10-19
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officers · AP01
2022-10-17
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-10-17
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-10-03
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KINGSLEY, Nicholas David appointed
director
2022-01-26
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accounts · AA
2021-11-03
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2021-07-27
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KINGSLEY, Gideon Paul appointed
secretary
2021-07-27
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KINGSLEY, Gideon Paul appointed
director
2021-07-27
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officers · AP03
2021-07-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-07-31
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POLLACK, Ann resigned
secretary
2017-02-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2016-11-14
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KINGSLEY, Carolyn Anne appointed
director
2016-03-26
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KINGSLEY, Betty resigned
director
2011-10-17
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KINGSLEY, Joseph resigned
director
2009-12-31
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ROBINSON, George resigned
director
1953-12-31
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Company incorporated
As BROOMCROFT LIMITED

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — KINGSLEY, Gideon Paul (same surname) appointed 2021-07-27. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 72 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Samuel Kingsley Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	09/11/2016

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

Incorporated1953-12-31

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Caledonia House

89 Seaward Street

Glasgow

G41 1HJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-23

Last: 2025-11-09