BREWING TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03270518 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-29

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

19 officers (4 active, 19 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-20
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-11-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-01
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RAYNER, Michael John resigned
director
2024-07-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-16
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EMERY, Fred resigned
director
2022-01-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-06
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LEWIS, Robert Clive resigned
director
2021-09-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-03-30
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officers · AP03
2020-11-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
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RAYNER, Michael appointed
secretary
2020-10-29
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LEWIS, Robert Clive resigned
secretary
2019-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-04-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-11-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2014-10-01
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CORBETT, Paul Martin appointed
director
2011-08-19
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REDMAN, John appointed
director
2011-08-19
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RAYNER, Michael John appointed
director
2006-09-28
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LEWIS, Robert Clive appointed
secretary
2006-09-28
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SHERMAN, Roger Douglas resigned
secretary
2006-09-28
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SHERMAN, Roger Douglas resigned
director
2004-07-29
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EVANS, Ruth Elizabeth appointed
director
2004-07-29
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FAIRBROTHER, Kenneth Joseph resigned
director
2004-07-29
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OGIE, Peter John resigned
director
2004-07-29
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RAYNER, Michael John resigned
director
2004-07-23
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CARLING, William Derrick John resigned
director
2004-07-14
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PEGNALL, Brian Edward Allen resigned
director
2002-07-02
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LEWIS, Robert Clive appointed
director
2002-03-05
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KENBER, Ralph Maurice Jonathan resigned
director
1997-11-18
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FAIRBROTHER, Kenneth Joseph appointed
director
1997-04-16
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SHERMAN, Roger Douglas appointed
secretary
1997-04-16
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L M SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1997-04-16
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CARLING, William Derrick John appointed
director
1997-04-16
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EMERY, Fred appointed
director
1997-04-16
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KENBER, Ralph Maurice Jonathan appointed
director
1997-04-16
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OGIE, Peter John appointed
director
1997-04-16
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PEGNALL, Brian Edward Allen appointed
director
1997-04-16
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RAYNER, Michael John appointed
director
1996-10-29
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Company incorporated
As BREWING TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED
1996-10-29
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L M SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1996-10-29
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-10-29
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-10-29
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SHERMAN, Roger Douglas appointed
director

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Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Ruth Elizabeth Evans Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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

Incorporated1996-10-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

Unit 11 Sidestrand Pendeford Business Park

Wolverhampton

WV9 5HD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-16

Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (4 active · 15 resigned)

RAYNER, Michael→

secretary · appointed 2020-10-29

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Active

CORBETT, Paul Martin→

director · ~62y · appointed 2014-10-01

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Active

EVANS, Ruth Elizabeth→

director · ~66y · appointed 2004-07-29

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

REDMAN, John→

director · ~74y · appointed 2011-08-19

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Active

LEWIS, Robert Clive→

secretary · appointed 2006-09-28 · resigned 2020-10-29

Resigned

SHERMAN, Roger Douglas→

secretary · appointed 1997-04-16 · resigned 2006-09-28

Resigned

L M SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1996-10-29 · resigned 1997-04-16

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-10-29 · resigned 1996-10-29

Resigned

CARLING, William Derrick John→

director · ~87y · appointed 1997-04-16 · resigned 2004-07-23

Resigned

EMERY, Fred→

director · ~97y · appointed 1997-04-16 · resigned 2022-05-16

Resigned

FAIRBROTHER, Kenneth Joseph→

director · ~83y · appointed 1997-11-18 · resigned 2004-07-29

Resigned

KENBER, Ralph Maurice Jonathan→

director · ~103y · appointed 1997-04-16 · resigned 2002-03-05

Resigned

LEWIS, Robert Clive→

director · ~81y · appointed 2002-07-02 · resigned 2022-01-06

Resigned

OGIE, Peter John→

director · ~92y · appointed 1997-04-16 · resigned 2004-07-29

Resigned

PEGNALL, Brian Edward Allen→

director · ~80y · appointed 1997-04-16 · resigned 2004-07-14

Resigned

RAYNER, Michael John→

director · ~86y · appointed 2011-08-19 · resigned 2025-01-01

Resigned

RAYNER, Michael John→

director · ~86y · appointed 1997-04-16 · resigned 2004-07-29

Resigned

SHERMAN, Roger Douglas→

director · ~81y · appointed 1996-10-29 · resigned 2006-09-28

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-10-29 · resigned 1996-10-29

Resigned

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Recent filings (102 total)

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gazette · DISS40

2026-01-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-27

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2026-01-20

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-11-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-08-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-07-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-09-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-08-26

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-05-19

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-01-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-09-02