BOWMAN ALES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05861077 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-28
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 19.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 19.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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| Average employees | 600 | 600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-07-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2016-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2007-01-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: John Humphrey Parker and Elizabeth Hilliard Parker
- 2006-07-12➕ROBERTS, Martin Gilman appointedsecretary
- 2006-07-12➖SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-06-28🏢Company incorporatedAs BOWMAN ALES LIMITED
- 2006-06-28➕PAGE, Raymond Clifford appointeddirector
- 2006-06-28➕ROBERTS, Martin Gilman appointeddirector
- 2006-06-28➕SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Raymond Clifford Page Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Martin Gilman Roberts Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 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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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-06-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer
Registered office
Shms House
20 Little Park Farm Road
Fareham
Hampshire
PO15 5TD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-11
Last: 2025-06-27
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
ROBERTS, Martin Gilman→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-07-12
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PAGE, Raymond Clifford→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2006-06-28
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ROBERTS, Martin Gilman→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2006-06-28
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SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2006-06-28 · resigned 2006-07-12
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
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| outstanding | John Humphrey Parker and Elizabeth Hilliard Parker | Rent deposit deed | 1 property | 12/01/2007 | — |
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Recent filings (50 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-18