ABBEYDALE BREWERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04586313 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-11

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of beer

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 19.0y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 19.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

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

Directors & officers

10 officers (7 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

101 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	3300	3000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

filing

• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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address · AD02
2025-11-04
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officers · CH01
2025-09-22
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officers · CH01
2025-09-22
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officers · CH01
2025-09-19
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officers · CH01
2025-09-19
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officers · CH01
2025-08-07
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accounts · AA
2025-07-09
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mortgage · MR01
2025-07-09
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Charge registered #8
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2024-11-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-09
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mortgage · MR04
2024-10-09
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Charge satisfied #2
2024-07-02
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accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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accounts · AA
2023-11-13
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officers · CH01
2023-11-13
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officers · CH01
2022-10-17
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accounts · AA
2022-02-02
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2020-12-29
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2018-10-26
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Charge registered #7
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2018-07-01
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CONROY, Jonathan Michael appointed
director
2016-10-05
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GRATTIDGE, Toby David appointed
director
2012-05-01
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MILTON, Dawn appointed
secretary
2012-05-01
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BAXTER, Daniel James appointed
director
2012-05-01
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PARKINSON, John appointed
director
2012-05-01
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MORTON, Susan Ann resigned
secretary
2011-12-08
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Charge registered #6
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2011-12-08
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Charge registered #5
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2010-02-10
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Charge satisfied #1
2009-11-13
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Charge registered #4
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2009-07-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2007-05-15
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hugh Morton and Doris Morton
2007-05-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2007-01-18
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MORTON, Susan Ann appointed
director
2002-12-02
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MORTON, Patrick Hugh appointed
director
2002-12-02
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MORTON, Susan Ann appointed
secretary
2002-12-02
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-12-02
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-11-11
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Company incorporated
As ABBEYDALE BREWERY LIMITED
2002-11-11
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-11-11
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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.

6 live charges

low

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

Group structure

Sheffield Beerworks Eot Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sheffield Beerworks Eot Ltd

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

ultimate parent

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ABBEYDALE BREWERY LIMITED

This company · 04586313

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
Sheffield Beerworks Eot Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	09/10/2024

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Patrick Hugh Mortonceased 09/10/2024· 25-50% shares
Mrs Susan Ann Mortonceased 09/10/2024· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2002-11-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

Unit 8 Aizlewood Road

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S8 0YX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-16

Last: 2025-11-02