BREWLAB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03297769 · ltd · incorporated 1996-12-31

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£-37.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical testing and analysis

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -77% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (2 active, 13 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

109 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £37,417

Net assets shrinking

Down £155,216 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 77% YoY

Cash YoY

-77%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£16k

↓ 77% YoY

Net Worth

-£37k

↓ 132% YoY

Current Assets

£157k

↓ 49% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£-31.2k	£132.1k
Current assets	£157.5k	£307.2k
Cash	£15.6k	£68.9k
Debtors	£126.2k	£225.7k
Net assets	£-37.4k	£117.8k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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accounts · AA
2025-02-17
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accounts · AA
2024-09-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-08-14
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officers · AP01
2024-08-14
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officers · TM02
2024-08-14
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officers · TM01
2024-08-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-13
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2024-08-13
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2024-08-09
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DOUGLAS, Phillip Anthony appointed
director
2024-08-09
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THOMAS, Keith Robert, Dr resigned
secretary
2024-08-09
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THOMAS, Keith Robert, Dr resigned
director
2024-08-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-01-03
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accounts · AA
2023-04-28
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accounts · AA
2022-08-02
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officers · AP01
2022-08-01
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DOUGLAS, Alison appointed
director
2022-01-10
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accounts · AA
2021-04-30
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accounts · AA
2020-03-12
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accounts · AA
2014-06-04
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USHER, St John resigned
director
2000-01-31
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THOMAS, Keith Robert, Dr appointed
secretary
2000-01-28
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PACEY, John David resigned
secretary
2000-01-28
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BROWN, Jeffrey Richard, Professor resigned
director
2000-01-28
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BURNS, Ian Maurice resigned
director
2000-01-28
➖
SNEDDON, John Mason, Doctor resigned
director
1998-04-02
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PACEY, John David appointed
secretary
1998-04-02
➖
WB COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1998-04-02
➕
BROWN, Jeffrey Richard, Professor appointed
director
1998-04-02
➕
BURNS, Ian Maurice appointed
director
1998-04-02
➕
SNEDDON, John Mason, Doctor appointed
director
1998-04-02
➕
THOMAS, Keith Robert, Dr appointed
director
1998-04-02
➕
USHER, St John appointed
director
1998-04-02
➖
WB COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
1996-12-31
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Company incorporated
As BREWLAB LIMITED
1996-12-31
➕
JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-12-31
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JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-12-31
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WB COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1996-12-31
➕
JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1996-12-31
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JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1996-12-31
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WB COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

74/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Alison Douglas Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	09/08/2024
Mr Phillip Anthony Douglas Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	09/08/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Dr Keith Robert Thomasceased 09/08/2024· 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.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1996-12-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71200 — Technical testing and analysis

Registered office

1 West Quay Court

Sunderland Enterprise Park

Sunderland

Tyne And Wear

SR5 2TE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-26

Last: 2026-01-12

Officers (2 active · 11 resigned)

DOUGLAS, Alison→

director · ~60y · appointed 2022-08-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DOUGLAS, Phillip Anthony→

director · ~56y · appointed 2024-08-09

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

PACEY, John David→

secretary · appointed 1998-04-02 · resigned 2000-01-28

Resigned

THOMAS, Keith Robert, Dr→

secretary · appointed 2000-01-31 · resigned 2024-08-09

Resigned

JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-12-31 · resigned 1996-12-31

Resigned

WB COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1996-12-31 · resigned 1998-04-02

Resigned

BROWN, Jeffrey Richard, Professor→

director · ~81y · appointed 1998-04-02 · resigned 2000-01-28

Resigned

BURNS, Ian Maurice→

director · ~81y · appointed 1998-04-02 · resigned 2000-01-28

Resigned

SNEDDON, John Mason, Doctor→

director · ~85y · appointed 1998-04-02 · resigned 2000-01-28

Resigned

THOMAS, Keith Robert, Dr→

director · ~75y · appointed 1998-04-02 · resigned 2024-08-09

Resigned

USHER, St John→

director · ~62y · appointed 1998-04-02 · resigned 2014-06-04

Resigned

JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-12-31 · resigned 1996-12-31

Resigned

WB COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 1996-12-31 · resigned 1998-04-02

Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-03-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-16

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

accounts · AA

2025-02-17

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-14

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2024-09-13

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-08-14

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2024-08-14

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

officers · TM01

2024-08-14

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-08-13

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-08-13

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2024-08-13

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2024-08-13

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2024-08-13

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2024-08-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-19