BRENTWOOD BREWING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05866219 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-04
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 14.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£71.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 14.6y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — 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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
53 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £71,435

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£71k
↑ 6.3% YoY
Current Assets
£213k
↑ 3.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£43k£85k£128k£170k£213kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-292024-06-29
Total assets£73.8k£76.0k
Current assets£212.7k£206.1k
Net assets£71.4k£67.2k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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  2. 2025-03-25
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  3. 2024-03-19
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  4. 2023-03-21
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  5. 2022-06-14
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  6. 2022-03-29
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  7. 2021-06-29
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  8. 2020-03-24
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  9. 2019-03-21
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  10. 2018-03-22
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  11. 2017-09-06
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  12. 2017-04-07
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  13. 2016-03-31
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  14. 2015-07-09
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  15. 2015-04-15
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  16. 2013-07-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Janet Elizabeth Mcturk
  17. 2012-12-14
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    HOLMES, David resigned
    secretary
  18. 2012-12-14
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    HOLMES, David resigned
    director
  19. 2011-10-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Co-Operative Bank P.L.C.
  20. 2007-08-01
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    JOPSON, Jason Barry appointed
    director
  21. 2006-07-04
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    Company incorporated
    As BRENTWOOD BREWING COMPANY LIMITED
  22. 2006-07-04
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    KANNOR, Roland Henry appointed
    director
  23. 2006-07-04
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    HOLMES, David appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-07-04
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    HOLMES, David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +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 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Roland Henry Kannor
Individual · American · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Jason Barry Jopson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-07-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

Calcott Hall Ongar Road
Pilgrims Hatch
Brentwood
Essex
CM15 9HS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last made up to: 2025-06-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-18
Last: 2025-07-04

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

JOPSON, Jason Barry→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-08-01
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Active
KANNOR, Roland Henry→
director · ~65y · appointed 2006-07-04
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Active
HOLMES, David→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-04 · resigned 2012-12-14
Resigned
HOLMES, David→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-07-04 · resigned 2012-12-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Janet Elizabeth Mcturk / Andrew Robert Mcturk
A registered charge1 property04/07/2013—
outstanding
Co-operative Bank
The Co-Operative Bank P.L.C.
Debenture1 property26/10/2011—
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Recent filings (53 total)

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2025-07-10
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2025-03-25
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2024-07-08
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2024-03-19
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2023-07-14
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2023-03-21
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2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
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accounts · AA01
2022-03-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-13
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2021-06-29
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2020-07-17
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2020-03-24
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2019-07-15