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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 33.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£17.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and operating of Housing Association real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueProperty-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 33.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 33.0 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.
See pricing →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 declaredPositive 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 accountsCash
£15k
↓ 8.0% YoY
Net Worth
£18k
↓ 4.4% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-10-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-11-11➕PATERSON, Tanya Mary appointeddirector
- 2022-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-02-11📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-02-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2014-06-06➖CRAWFORD, Wilfred Alan resigneddirector
- 1993-09-03➕CRAWFORD, Carol Ann, Mrs. appointedsecretary
- 1993-09-03➖REEMAN-CLARK, Amanda resignedsecretary
- 1993-09-03➖REEMAN-CLARK, Amanda resigneddirector
- 1993-09-03➖REEMAN-CLARK, Anthony resigneddirector
- 1993-05-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1992-02-11🏢Company incorporatedAs BORDER BREWERY COMPANY LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 candidateStrong 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Tanya Mary Paterson Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 11/11/2022 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →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.→
Activesecretary · appointed 1993-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATERSON, Tanya Mary→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2022-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
REEMAN-CLARK, Amanda→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1993-09-03
CRAWFORD, Wilfred Alan→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · resigned 2014-06-06
REEMAN-CLARK, Amanda→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · resigned 1993-09-03
REEMAN-CLARK, Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · resigned 1993-09-03
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Legal charge | 1 property | 10/05/1993 | — |
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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