BROWNMILL LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC272334 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£45.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 18.3y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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, 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 (2 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £45,058
Net assets shrinking
Down £200 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£45k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£26k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £45.1k | £45.3k |
| Current assets | £26.1k | — |
| Debtors | £26.1k | £26.1k |
| Net assets | £45.1k | £45.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-02-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-02-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-02-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-02-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-02-12➕MUNIR, Ayesha appointeddirector
- 2021-02-12➖BASRA, Jaswinder Kaur resigneddirector
- 2020-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-02-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-22➕AHMED, Shoaib appointedsecretary
- 2016-09-01➖BASRA, Sukhdave Singh resignedsecretary
- 2008-01-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2005-09-16➕BASRA, Sukhdave Singh appointedsecretary
- 2005-09-16➖ORR, Donald Murdo Macaskill resignedsecretary
- 2005-09-16➖BASRA, Tajvinder resigneddirector
- 2005-04-01➕BASRA, Jaswinder Kaur appointeddirector
- 2004-08-23🏢Company incorporatedAs BROWNMILL LIMITED
- 2004-08-23➕ORR, Donald Murdo Macaskill appointedsecretary
- 2004-08-23➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-08-23➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-08-23➕BASRA, Tajvinder appointeddirector
- 2004-08-23➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2004-08-23➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 Shoaib Ahmed Individual · British · DOB 02/1982 · age 44 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 12/02/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Jaswinder Kaur Basraceased 12/02/2021· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-08-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Registered office
46 Main Road
Ayr
KA8 0LQ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18
Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)
Active
MUNIR, Ayesha→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2021-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BASRA, Sukhdave Singh→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-09-16 · resigned 2016-09-01
ORR, Donald Murdo Macaskill→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-08-23 · resigned 2005-09-16
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-23 · resigned 2004-08-23
BASRA, Jaswinder Kaur→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2021-02-12
BASRA, Tajvinder→
Resigneddirector · ~43y · appointed 2004-08-23 · resigned 2005-09-16
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-08-23 · resigned 2004-08-23
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 17/01/2008 | 27/02/2018 |
Recent filings (69 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-02-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-02-18