CHANTRY BREWERY LTD

🌳Matureactive
07874878 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-08
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£114.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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, 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 (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £114,055
Net assets shrinking
Down £30,825 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£114k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£101k
↓ 6.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£29k£58k£87k£116k£145kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£119.2k£162.5k
Current assets£100.9k£107.6k
Net assets£114.1k£144.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-11
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2023-11-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2023-11-08
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  7. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-03
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2018-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-01
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    WARBURTON, Michael appointed
    director
  16. 2017-11-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2017-11-01
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2016-05-11
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    WARBURTON, Michael resigned
    director
  19. 2011-12-08
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    Company incorporated
    As CHANTRY BREWERY LTD
  20. 2011-12-08
    ➕
    PAGE, Sean Thomas appointed
    director
  21. 2011-12-08
    ➕
    WARBURTON, Kevin appointed
    director
  22. 2011-12-08
    ➕
    WARBURTON, Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Warburton
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/11/2017
Mr Sean Thomas Page
Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Kevin Waburton
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-12-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

Unit 1 Callum Court, Gateway Industrial Estate
Parkgate
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S62 6NR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

PAGE, Sean Thomas→
director · ~72y · appointed 2011-12-08
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Active
WARBURTON, Kevin→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-12-08
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Active
WARBURTON, Michael→
director · ~58y · appointed 2017-11-01
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Active
WARBURTON, Michael→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-12-08 · resigned 2016-05-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-11
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-30