CASTLE EDEN BEER COMPANY LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £12.7k | £19.3k |
| Current assets | £40.6k | £49.4k |
| Net assets | £9.3k | £6.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-05-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2018-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2018-02-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-02-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-02-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2011-02-15🏢Company incorporatedAs CASTLE EDEN BEER COMPANY LIMITED
- 2011-02-15➕BALDWIN, Paul appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanGroup structure
Limelight Brands Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Limelight Brands Limited Corporate entity | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 31/01/2018 |
Mr Paul Baldwin Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/07/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Cliff Walkerceased 31/01/2018· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
- Mrs Christine Walkerceased 31/12/2017· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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