{"name":"BROOKS LIMITED","company_number":"01097593","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1973-02-21","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Unit 3a Epsom Avenue, Handforth, Wilmslow, Cheshire, England, SK9 3PW","postcode":"SK9 3PW","sic_codes":[{"code":32990,"description":"Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"BROOKS ANDELL LIMITED","changed_on":"1995-01-27"},{"name":"V.R. BROOKS LIMITED","changed_on":"1990-05-31"},{"name":"V.R. BROOKS (STOCKPORT) LIMITED ","changed_on":"1988-11-03"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 October","last_made_up_to":"2025-10-31","next_due":"2027-07-31"},"employees":{"count":7,"accounts_date":"2025-10-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-10-31","net_assets":1139060,"cash":264376,"average_employees":7},{"financial_date":"2024-10-31","net_assets":2169407,"cash":754489,"average_employees":32},{"financial_date":"2023-10-31","net_assets":2800051,"cash":820310},{"financial_date":"2022-10-31","net_assets":3092072,"cash":1749509},{"financial_date":"2021-10-31","net_assets":3340253,"cash":774263}],"officers":{"current":7,"resigned":8,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":16,"outstanding":7},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/brooks","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/brooks/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/brooks/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01097593","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/brooks/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/brooks/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/brooks/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/brooks/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/brooks"}