BREWING SERVICES & CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07597482 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-08

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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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£51.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46170

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £51,949

Net assets shrinking

Down £20,275 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£52k

↓ 28% YoY

Current Assets

£103k

↓ 9.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£51.9k	£72.2k
Current assets	£102.6k	£113.7k
Net assets	£51.9k	£72.2k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 capital
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 capital
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-06-05
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SMITH, Melanie Barbara, Dr appointed
director
2026-06-05
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-06-05
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-06-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-09-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-28
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-10-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2011-04-08
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Company incorporated
As BREWING SERVICES & CONSULTANCY LIMITED
2011-04-08
➕
SMITH, David Andrew appointed
director

Owner dependency

96/100

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 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 15 years.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Andrew Smith Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016
Dr Melanie Barbara Smith Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	05/06/2026

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

Incorporated2011-04-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46170 — SIC 46170

Registered office

6 Church Street

Copmanthorpe

York

YO23 3SE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-22

Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SMITH, David Andrew→

director · ~71y · appointed 2011-04-08

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Active

SMITH, Melanie Barbara, Dr→

director · ~68y · appointed 2026-06-05

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Recent filings (34 total)

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2026-06-05

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-06-05

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-06-05