BROOKS LIMITED
Company number 01097593 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Brooks Limited presents a deteriorating credit profile characterised by a 78% decline in net assets over six years (from £5.3M to £1.14M), a 65% fall in cash reserves in the latest year, and the write-off of a £838,856 related-party loan. The collapse in employee numbers from 32 to 7, combined with significant intercompany exposures and ongoing related-party commitments, raises substantial concerns about both the company's standalone viability and the broader group's financial health. Any credit facility should be conditional on enhanced security, strict financial covenants (minimum net assets, cash flow thresholds), quarterly monitoring, and full disclosure of group financial positions.
Shareholders' funds
£1,139,060
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
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
- 2025-08-21
- Next due by
- 2026-09-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
Officers 6 current · 9 resigned
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
This company ranks 31 among other manufacturing not elsewhere classified in Stockport.
The class of 1973
52%
of the 7,317 companies incorporated in 1973 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
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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