BRADLEYS GROUP LTD.
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Executive summary
Bradleys Group Limited presents a paradoxical strategic position: a recovering balance sheet masking deteriorating operational fundamentals. The 35% decline in operating profit—obscured by inter-company interest transfers—signals that the core estate agency franchise is under margin pressure precisely when digital disruption demands increased investment. The group's immediate priority must be to reverse the operating profit decline through cost optimization and revenue enhancement, while redirecting a portion of the £3M cash reserves toward digital transformation and geographic expansion before regional incumbency advantages erode further. The current dividend extraction rate of 78% of profits is unsustainable if the business is to remain competitive in an evolving property services landscape.
Shareholders' funds
£627,201
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of intermediate holding and management company of a group involved in estate agency.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-10-26
- Employees
- 2 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- 7 Stevenstone Road, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 2EP
- Postcode
- EX8 2EP
- Capital
- 1,066 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-06
- Next due by
- 2027-02-20
Nature of business (SIC)
- 96090 Other service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 12 resigned
Group structure 4 subsidiaries
Controlled by BRADLEYS GROUP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2019-04-02
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA899212 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BRADLEYS ESTATE AGENTS LIMITED | 2004-12-24 |
| BRAVEACE LIMITED | 1993-12-02 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 33 ROLLE STREET, EXMOUTH, DEVON EX8 2SN | 2006-08-30 |
| 6 NORTHERNHAY PLACE, EXETER, EX4 3QQ | 1994-04-27 |
| ACI HOUSE TORRINGTON PK, NORTH FINCHLEY, LONDON, N12 9SZ | 1993-11-30 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 541 similar companies in EX
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1993.
Competitors Exeter
This company ranks 35 among other service activities not elsewhere classified in Exeter.
The class of 1993
38%
of the 819 companies in this sector incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 5 titles
- Leasehold
- 5
- Most recent registration
- 2017-08-22
- Price paid, where recorded
- £67,000
- Where
- Torbay (3), Devon (1), City Of Plymouth (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DN687998 | Torbay | Leasehold | 2017-08-22 | — |
| DN687999 | Torbay | Leasehold | 2017-08-22 | — |
| DN656001 | Devon | Leasehold | 2015-03-24 | — |
| DN438054 | City Of Plymouth | Leasehold | 2000-10-26 | £29,000 |
| DN437897 | Torbay | Leasehold | 2000-10-23 | £38,000 |
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