BROOKS LIMITED, SK9 3PW : Companies House Number 01097593

Executive summary

Brooks Limited is a heritage UK manufacturer undergoing what appears to be either a radical strategic contraction or operational distress, evidenced by a 78% decline in net assets since 2019, a workforce reduction from 32 to 7 employees, and a material £839K related-party loan write-off. The company retains strategic optionality through its US market channel (£1.9M in sales via Brooks USA Inc) and group structure support, but the current trajectory is unsustainable without decisive intervention to stabilise cash flow, clarify the operating model, and establish governance controls over related-party transactions. Immediate board action is required to determine whether Brooks Limited is being repositioned for a leaner future or managed toward an orderly wind-down.

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Shareholders' funds

£1,139,060

Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1973-02-21
Employees: 7 (2025 accounts · was 32 in 2024)
Registered office: Unit 3a Epsom Avenue, Handforth, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, SK9 3PW
Postcode: SK9 3PW
Capital: 5,000 GBP
Accounts category: Total Exemption Full
Charges: 7 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Next due by: 2027-07-31
Financial year end: 31 October

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-08-21
Next due by: 2027-09-04

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Nature of business (SIC)

32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified

Officers 6 current · 9 resigned

MS Clare Louise WHITHAM Director

Appointed 2019-06-04

MRS CLARE LOUISE WHITHAM Secretary

Appointed 2017-02-23

Jane Anne WHITHAM Director

Appointed 2005-07-15

Emma Claire WHITHAM Director

Appointed 2005-07-15

MR Andrew James WHITHAM Director

Appointed 2005-04-15

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Group structure

Controlled by VRB HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2020-03-18

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
BROOKS ANDELL LIMITED	1995-01-27
V.R. BROOKS LIMITED	1990-05-31
V.R. BROOKS (STOCKPORT) LIMITED	1988-11-03

Previous registered addresses 1

Address	Changed on
PO BOX 73, HIGHER HILLGATE, STOCKPORT, SK1 3EX	1998-01-28

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 198 similar companies in SK

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1973.

Competitors Stockport

1. EDINA UK LIMITED

£20,000,002
2. UK POINT OF SALE GROUP LIMITED

£12,913,100
3. MAPLE SUNSCREENING HOLDINGS LTD

£8,825,889
4. MAPLE SUNSCREENING LIMITED

£8,594,765
5. VRB HOLDINGS LIMITED

£8,187,226

This company ranks 31 among other manufacturing not elsewhere classified in Stockport.

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The class of 1973

52%

of the 7,318 companies incorporated in 1973 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 1 title

Leasehold: 1
Most recent registration: 2014-11-21
Where: Greater Manchester

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
MAN237690	Greater Manchester	Leasehold	2014-11-21	—

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