BRISTOL BREWING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04461901 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-14

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£2.15M

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of beer

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -57% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.1y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (5 active, 17 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

114 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £2,151,775

Cash draining

Cash down 57% YoY

Cash YoY

-57%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£256k

↓ 57% YoY

Net Worth

£2.2m

↑ 8.2% YoY

Current Assets

£1.4m

↓ 16% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£4.36M	£2.78M
Current assets	£1.38M	£1.65M
Cash	£255.9k	£590.3k
Debtors	£966.7k	£870.1k
Net assets	£2.15M	£1.99M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals 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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (61 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-25
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2025-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-06-10
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
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officers · TM01
2023-09-01
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BARTLETT, Simon John resigned
director
2023-06-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
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capital · SH01
2022-10-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-08-16
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capital · SH02
2022-08-16
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-07-27
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-05-18
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2021-04-23
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AGENDA MARKETING HOLDINGS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2021-04-23
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THE PONY AND TRAP (CHEW MAGNA) LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2021-02-26
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MILLER, Natasha Clare Arabella Elsbeth resigned
director
2019-11-13
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2018-11-21
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Charge satisfied #3
2018-11-21
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Charge satisfied #2
2018-11-21
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-11-02
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2018-09-26
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2017-09-11
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NEWELL, Guy Barrington appointed
director
2017-09-11
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NEWELL, Rebecca Anne appointed
director
2017-09-11
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THE PONY AND TRAP (CHEW MAGNA) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2016-03-09
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2015-10-06
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BURROWS, Sam appointed
director
2015-08-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2012-07-11
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BARTLETT, Simon John appointed
director
2012-07-11
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MILLER, Natasha Clare Arabella Elsbeth appointed
director
2009-02-12
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GODDEN, Christopher David resigned
secretary
2009-02-12
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BARTLETT, Simon John resigned
director
2009-02-12
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GODDEN, Christopher David resigned
director
2008-05-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2003-12-13
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BARTLETT, Simon John appointed
director
2003-08-31
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FERGUSON, George Robin Paget appointed
director
2003-08-31
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ANNING, Paul Anthony resigned
secretary
2003-08-31
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GODDEN, Christopher David appointed
secretary
2003-08-31
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ANNING, Paul Anthony resigned
director
2003-08-31
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HICKS, Raymond resigned
director

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Owner dependency

88/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Bristol Beer Factory Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bristol Beer Factory Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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BRISTOL BREWING COMPANY LIMITED

This company · 04461901

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Bristol Beer Factory Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/05/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr George Robin Paget Fergusonceased 01/05/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-06-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

Bristol Beer Factory Tap Room 291 North Street

Bedminster

Bristol

BS3 1JP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-28

Last: 2025-06-14