DANCING MAN BREWERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07824122 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-26
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56101Licenced restaurants
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 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, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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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 employees413700

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-10-13
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    KERSLEY, Malcolm appointed
    director
  5. 2025-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2022-11-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2022-11-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2022-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-01-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-12-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-06-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2020-06-02
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    HOPPER, Sarah Ann resigned
    director
  19. 2019-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-07-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  21. 2018-02-01
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    HOPPER, Sarah Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2017-09-27
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    CROSS, Stewart Clive resigned
    director
  23. 2014-10-01
    ➕
    LACEY-CROSS, Mandy appointed
    director
  24. 2014-10-01
    ➕
    LAVIN, Aidan appointed
    director
  25. 2011-11-01
    ➖
    LAVIN, Aidan resigned
    director
  26. 2011-10-26
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    Company incorporated
    As DANCING MAN BREWERY LIMITED
  27. 2011-10-26
    ➕
    CROSS, Stewart Clive appointed
    director
  28. 2011-10-26
    ➕
    LAVIN, Aidan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Flat Cap Holding Company Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Flat Cap Holding Company Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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DANCING MAN BREWERY LIMITED
This company · 07824122

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Flat Cap Holding Company Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/11/2018
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Mandy Lacey-Crossceased 01/11/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Aidan Lavinceased 01/11/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Stewart Clive Crossceased 27/09/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2011-10-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

The Wool House
Town Quay
Southampton
SO14 2AR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-28
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

KERSLEY, Malcolm→
director · ~60y · appointed 2025-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LACEY-CROSS, Mandy→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAVIN, Aidan→
director · ~47y · appointed 2014-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROSS, Stewart Clive→
director · ~64y · appointed 2011-10-26 · resigned 2017-09-27
Resigned
HOPPER, Sarah Ann→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-02-01 · resigned 2020-06-02
Resigned
LAVIN, Aidan→
director · ~47y · appointed 2011-10-26 · resigned 2011-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-11-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-07