EAST ANGLIAN BREWERS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

04589527 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2002-11-13

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£0

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of beer

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

11060Manufacture of malt

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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, 2 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

14 officers (5 active, 14 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

77 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Net assets shrinking

Down £66 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£0

↓ 100% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05
Total assets	£66	£66
Net assets	£0	£66

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-03-23
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LAWRENCE, Mark resigned
director
2026-03-23
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officers · TM01
2026-01-05
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2024-11-20
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2024-10-25
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LAWES, Nigel David resigned
director
2024-10-25
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officers · AP01
2024-10-25
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2024-10-23
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MOORE, Judith Mary appointed
director
2023-07-07
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officers · CH01
2023-07-05
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LAWRENCE, Mark appointed
director
2023-07-05
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officers · CH01
2023-07-05
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2023-07-04
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LAWES, Nigel David appointed
director
2023-07-04
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officers · AP01
2023-07-03
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GREEN, Michael Winston appointed
director
2023-07-03
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NICHOLLS, Frances Elizabeth appointed
director
2023-07-03
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2023-07-03
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2023-06-21
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2023-01-05
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2022-01-03
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2021-03-22
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2019-12-31
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2019-01-04
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2016-07-11
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RICHES, Mark Stephen resigned
director
2011-09-08
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COWPER, Timothy John resigned
director
2010-08-30
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NELMES, Claire resigned
director
2009-02-09
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RICHES, Mark Stephen appointed
director
2009-01-15
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NELMES, Claire appointed
director
2008-12-10
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GRIFFITHS, David resigned
director
2006-05-20
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MURPHY, John Matthew resigned
director
2006-05-19
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GRIFFITHS, David appointed
director
2004-11-15
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CORDY, Colin Gordon Christopher resigned
director
2004-04-16
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TAYLOR, Jane resigned
director
2004-03-12
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CORDY, Colin Gordon Christopher appointed
director
2004-03-12
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COWPER, Timothy John appointed
director
2002-11-13
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Company incorporated
As EAST ANGLIAN BREWERS LTD.
2002-11-13
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MOORE, Brendan Joseph appointed
secretary
2002-11-13
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MOORE, Brendan Joseph appointed
director
2002-11-13
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MURPHY, John Matthew appointed
director
2002-11-13
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TAYLOR, Jane appointed
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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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
Mr Brendan Joseph Moore Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2002-11-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

70 Risbygate Street

Bury St. Edmunds

IP33 3AZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-04

Last: 2025-11-20