GRAIN BREWERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07718336 · ltd · incorporated 2011-07-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-30.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -31% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £30,867
Cash YoY
-31%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↓ 31% YoY
Net Worth
-£31k
↑ 49% YoY
Current Assets
£145k
↑ 5.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£61k-£20k£21k£62k£103k£145kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-20.0k£-37.4k
Current assets£144.5k£136.9k
Cash£9.0k£13.0k
Debtors£99.5k£99.4k
Net assets£-30.9k£-60.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-23
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  2. 2024-07-01
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  3. 2023-08-04
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  4. 2022-09-22
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  10. 2020-08-17
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  14. 2019-05-03
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  15. 2018-07-17
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  16. 2017-08-31
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  17. 2011-07-26
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    Company incorporated
    As GRAIN BREWERY LIMITED
  18. 2011-07-26
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    HALLS, Hilary Anne appointed
    director
  19. 2011-07-26
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    HALLS, Philip appointed
    director
  20. 2011-07-26
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    WRIGHT, Geoffrey appointed
    director
  21. 2011-07-26
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    WRIGHT, Victoria Kate appointed
    director

Owner dependency

48/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

43/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Geoffrey Wright
Individual · British · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Philip Halls
Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-07-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

124 Thorpe Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 1RS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-09
Last: 2025-07-26

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

HALLS, Hilary Anne→
director · ~54y · appointed 2011-07-26
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HALLS, Philip→
director · ~57y · appointed 2011-07-26
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Active
WRIGHT, Geoffrey→
director · ~54y · appointed 2011-07-26
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Active
WRIGHT, Victoria Kate→
director · ~55y · appointed 2011-07-26
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Active

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Recent filings (44 total)

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2025-08-11
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2025-07-23
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2024-08-09
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2024-07-01
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2023-08-09
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2023-08-04
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accounts · AA
2022-09-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
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officers · CH01
2022-08-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-06
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2021-06-11
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2020-08-17