BEWDLEY BREWERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06461164 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-31
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 8.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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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 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 8.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
48 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 accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£103k£205k£308k£410k£513kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets—£405.8k
Current assets—£512.6k
Cash—£201.2k
Debtors—£230.8k
Net assets—£387.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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  2. 2025-01-31
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  3. 2024-10-28
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  4. 2023-09-28
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  5. 2022-09-29
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  6. 2021-10-07
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  7. 2021-02-24
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  8. 2019-09-26
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  9. 2018-09-25
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  10. 2018-04-27
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    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2018-04-27
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    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2018-04-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  13. 2018-04-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  14. 2017-09-20
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  15. 2016-09-28
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  16. 2016-01-19
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  17. 2015-09-28
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  18. 2008-12-31
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    WILSON, Ian resigned
    director
  19. 2007-12-31
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    Company incorporated
    As BEWDLEY BREWERY LIMITED
  20. 2007-12-31
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    CARR, Christine appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-12-31
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    CARR, David Edward appointed
    director
  22. 2007-12-31
    ➕
    WILKINS, Timothy Edward appointed
    director
  23. 2007-12-31
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    WILSON, Ian 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Christine Carr
Individual · British · DOB 07/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/12/2016
Mr David Edward Carr
Individual · British · DOB 03/1945 · age 81
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest · firm interest31/12/2016
Mr Timothy Edward Wilkins
Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest31/12/2016

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
Incorporated2007-12-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

Unit 7/8, Bewdley Craft Centre
Lax Lane
Bewdley
Worcestershire
DY12 2DZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

CARR, Christine→
secretary · appointed 2007-12-31
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Active
CARR, David Edward→
director · ~81y · appointed 2007-12-31
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Active
WILKINS, Timothy Edward→
director · ~53y · appointed 2007-12-31
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Active
WILSON, Ian→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-12-31 · resigned 2008-12-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property27/04/2018—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property27/04/2018—
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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-26