POTS HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06556503 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-05
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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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees697100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-11-06
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-11-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-08-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2019-06-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2019-06-26
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2019-06-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2019-06-26
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    capital · SH01
  18. 2019-06-25
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    BOISSIER, Rupert John appointed
    director
  19. 2019-05-09
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    HARE-SCOTT, Nigel resigned
    secretary
  20. 2011-11-07
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    HARE-SCOTT, Nigel appointed
    secretary
  21. 2010-11-08
    ➖
    FRYERN COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-10-02
    ➖
    MOUNTAIN, Henry Nicholas resigned
    director
  23. 2008-04-05
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    Company incorporated
    As POTS HOLDINGS LIMITED
  24. 2008-04-05
    ➕
    BEARDMORE-GRAY, Sophie Louise appointed
    director
  25. 2008-04-05
    ➕
    SMITH, Nicholas William appointed
    director
  26. 2008-04-05
    ➕
    FRYERN COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2008-04-05
    ➕
    MOUNTAIN, Henry Nicholas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Rupert John Boissier
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/06/2019
Mrs Sophie Louise Beardmore-Gray
Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Nicholas William Smithceased 25/06/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2008-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

2a Poles Copse Poles Lane
Otterbourne
Winchester
Hampshire
SO21 2DZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-23
Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BEARDMORE-GRAY, Sophie Louise→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOISSIER, Rupert John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Nicholas William→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARE-SCOTT, Nigel→
secretary · appointed 2011-11-07 · resigned 2019-05-09
Resigned
FRYERN COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-04-05 · resigned 2010-11-08
Resigned
MOUNTAIN, Henry Nicholas→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-04-05 · resigned 2008-10-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12