BORDER BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02686205 · ltd · incorporated 1992-02-11
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 33.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£17.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 33.2y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 33.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
93 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £17,519
Net assets shrinking
Down £812 YoY
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£15k
↓ 8.0% YoY
Net Worth
£18k
↓ 4.4% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£7k£11k£15k£18kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£17.5k£18.3k
Current assets£18.2k£16.1k
Cash£14.8k£16.1k
Debtors£3.4k£14
Net assets£17.5k£18.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-05-02
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  3. 2024-07-25
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  4. 2023-10-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-10-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-10-18
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  7. 2023-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2023-02-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  10. 2022-11-11
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    PATERSON, Tanya Mary appointed
    director
  11. 2022-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-08-18
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-02-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2020-02-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2020-02-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  18. 2018-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  19. 2014-06-06
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    CRAWFORD, Wilfred Alan resigned
    director
  20. 1993-09-03
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    CRAWFORD, Carol Ann, Mrs. appointed
    secretary
  21. 1993-09-03
    ➖
    REEMAN-CLARK, Amanda resigned
    secretary
  22. 1993-09-03
    ➖
    REEMAN-CLARK, Amanda resigned
    director
  23. 1993-09-03
    ➖
    REEMAN-CLARK, Anthony resigned
    director
  24. 1993-05-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  25. 1992-02-11
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    Company incorporated
    As BORDER BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Tanya Mary Paterson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/11/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs. Carol Ann Crawfordceased 11/11/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68201 — Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate

Registered office

Ava Lodge
Castle Terrace
Berwick Upon Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1NP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

CRAWFORD, Carol Ann, Mrs.→
secretary · appointed 1993-09-03
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Active
CRAWFORD, Carol Ann, Mrs.→
director · ~81y
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Active
PATERSON, Tanya Mary→
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-11-11
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Active
REEMAN-CLARK, Amanda→
secretary · resigned 1993-09-03
Resigned
CRAWFORD, Wilfred Alan→
director · ~83y · resigned 2014-06-06
Resigned
REEMAN-CLARK, Amanda→
director · ~68y · resigned 1993-09-03
Resigned
REEMAN-CLARK, Anthony→
director · ~71y · resigned 1993-09-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Legal charge1 property10/05/1993—
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Recent filings (93 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11