BROOKS TADLOCK BUILDING & JOINERY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC559109 · ltd · incorporated 2017-03-01

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Joinery installation

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	—	£13.1k
Current assets	—	£25.6k
Net assets	—	£5.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-05-16
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-14
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-02-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-10-09
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address · AD01
2019-08-24
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2019-07-09
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2019-04-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-03-01
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Company incorporated
As BROOKS TADLOCK BUILDING & JOINERY LIMITED
2017-03-01
➕
TADLOCK, Brooks Allen appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TADLOCK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Jenna Tadlock Individual · British · DOB 05/1995 · age 31	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	12/02/2026
Mr Brooks Allen Tadlock Individual · British · DOB 05/1991 · age 35	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/03/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2017-03-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

1 Rhu Ellen Cottage

Main Road

Rhu

Argyll & Bute

G84 8RB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

TADLOCK, Brooks Allen→

director · ~35y · appointed 2017-03-01

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Active

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-12

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-03-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-12-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-12-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-22

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2023-05-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-16

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2023-05-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-25

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-03-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-07-01

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-09