CAMBRIDGE-BREWERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07901119 · ltd · incorporated 2012-01-09
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£-6.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
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 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
36 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,047

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£6k
↑ 9.4% YoY
Current Assets
£40k
↑ 8.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£7k£3k£12k£21k£30k£40kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£-6.0k£-6.7k
Current assets£39.6k£36.7k
Net assets£-6.0k£-6.7k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-10-04
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  3. 2023-10-27
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  4. 2022-10-28
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  5. 2021-10-20
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  6. 2021-01-18
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  7. 2020-11-24
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  8. 2019-10-28
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  9. 2018-10-31
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  10. 2017-10-30
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  11. 2016-10-21
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  12. 2016-01-11
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  13. 2015-10-22
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  14. 2015-01-15
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  15. 2014-10-22
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  16. 2013-01-01
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    EDWARDS, Kay Diane appointed
    director
  17. 2012-03-24
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    WRIDE, Nathan Mark resigned
    director
  18. 2012-01-10
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    EDWARDS, William George appointed
    director
  19. 2012-01-10
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    WRIDE, Nathan Mark appointed
    director
  20. 2012-01-09
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    Company incorporated
    As CAMBRIDGE-BREWERY LIMITED
  21. 2012-01-09
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  22. 2012-01-09
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    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Kay Diane Edwards
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2012-01-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

Saxon House Hellesdon Park Road
Drayton High Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR6 5DR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

EDWARDS, Kay Diane→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDWARDS, William George→
director · ~34y · appointed 2012-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2012-01-09 · resigned 2012-01-09
Resigned
WRIDE, Nathan Mark→
director · ~50y · appointed 2012-01-10 · resigned 2012-03-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-28