GLOUCESTER BREWERY LTD
🌳Matureactive
07775647 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-15
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46342SIC 46342
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 11.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 1900 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-05➖SMITH, Geoff resigneddirector
- 2025-03-05➖SMITH, Naomi Doreen resigneddirector
- 2025-03-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-02-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-12📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-11-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-11➕REEVES, Kai John appointeddirector
- 2024-11-11➕SMITH, Geoff appointeddirector
- 2024-09-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-09-06➖SMITH, Geoff resigneddirector
- 2024-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-04➕BRADLEY, Lance Robert appointeddirector
- 2024-06-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-05-23➕SMITH, Naomi Doreen appointeddirector
- 2024-05-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-03-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-03-15➖JOSLYN, Hugh Gordan resigneddirector
- 2023-11-01➖BROWN, Jared resigneddirector
- 2023-11-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-04-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-04-22➕LEWINS, David Martin appointeddirector
- 2023-04-21➕JOSLYN, Hugh Gordan appointeddirector
- 2023-04-21➕SMITH, Geoff appointeddirector
- 2023-04-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-04-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-16📄mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-numbermortgage · MR05
- 2015-02-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2011-09-15🏢Company incorporatedAs GLOUCESTER BREWERY LTD
- 2011-09-15➕BROWN, Jared appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Gloucester Brewery Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Gloucester Brewery Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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GLOUCESTER BREWERY LTD
This company · 07775647
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gloucester Brewery Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Jared Jared Brownceased 18/03/2024· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010
Registered office
Fox's Kiln West Quay
The Docks
Gloucester
GL1 2LG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
BRADLEY, Lance Robert→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2024-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEWINS, David Martin→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2023-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
REEVES, Kai John→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2024-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROWN, Jared→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2011-09-15 · resigned 2023-11-01
JOSLYN, Hugh Gordan→
Resigneddirector · ~37y · appointed 2023-04-21 · resigned 2024-03-15
SMITH, Geoff→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2024-11-11 · resigned 2025-03-05
SMITH, Geoff→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2023-04-21 · resigned 2024-09-06
SMITH, Naomi Doreen→
Resigneddirector · ~33y · appointed 2024-05-23 · resigned 2025-03-05
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 20/02/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (49 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-27
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-11-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-19