BEARTOWN BREWERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08626869 · ltd · incorporated 2013-07-26

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£598.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of beer

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -33% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.7y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 6.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £598,065

Net assets shrinking

Down £62,127 YoY

Cash YoY

-33%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£49k

↓ 33% YoY

Net Worth

£598k

↓ 9.4% YoY

Current Assets

£458k

↓ 30% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£971.5k	£1.09M
Current assets	£458.2k	£651.0k
Cash	£49.1k	£73.0k
Debtors	£326.7k	£497.8k
Net assets	£598.1k	£660.2k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 11 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-04-22
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officers · CH01
2025-04-28
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accounts · AA
2024-04-26
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accounts · AA
2024-02-06
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mortgage · MR01
2024-02-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Skipton Business Finance Limited
2024-01-25
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mortgage · MR04
2024-01-25
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-04-28
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accounts · AA
2023-03-08
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-03
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capital · SH01
2022-07-14
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2020-09-04
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POTTS, Michael William resigned
director
2019-10-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company
2018-01-08
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GREAVES, Mark David appointed
director
2018-01-08
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MANNING, Amanda appointed
director
2018-01-08
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MANNING, Joseph Vincent appointed
director
2018-01-08
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MANNING, Michael Jan appointed
director
2018-01-08
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WHITEHEAD, Edward David appointed
director
2018-01-08
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POTTS, Michael William appointed
director
2017-08-22
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MANNING, Amanda resigned
director
2017-08-22
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MANNING, Michael Jan resigned
director
2015-10-14
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MANNING, Amanda appointed
director
2015-10-14
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MANNING, Joseph Vincent resigned
director
2013-07-26
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Company incorporated
As BEARTOWN BREWERY LIMITED
2013-07-26
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MANNING, David John appointed
director
2013-07-26
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MANNING, Joseph Vincent appointed
director
2013-07-26
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MANNING, Michael Jan appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-07-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

Bromley House

Spindle Street

Congleton

Cheshire

CW12 1QN

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-15

Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (6 active · 4 resigned)

GREAVES, Mark David→

director · ~64y · appointed 2018-01-08

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Active

MANNING, Amanda→

director · ~72y · appointed 2018-01-08

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Active

MANNING, David John→

director · ~75y · appointed 2013-07-26

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Active

MANNING, Joseph Vincent→

director · ~42y · appointed 2018-01-08

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Active

MANNING, Michael Jan→

director · ~36y · appointed 2018-01-08

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Active

WHITEHEAD, Edward David→

director · ~52y · appointed 2018-01-08

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Active

MANNING, Amanda→

director · ~72y · appointed 2015-10-14 · resigned 2017-08-22

Resigned

MANNING, Joseph Vincent→

director · ~42y · appointed 2013-07-26 · resigned 2015-10-14

Resigned

MANNING, Michael Jan→

director · ~36y · appointed 2013-07-26 · resigned 2017-08-22

Resigned

POTTS, Michael William→

director · ~35y · appointed 2018-01-08 · resigned 2020-09-04

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Skipton Business Finance Skipton Business Finance Limited	A registered charge	1 property	06/02/2024	—
	satisfied	National Westminster Bank Public Company National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company	A registered charge	—	23/10/2019	25/01/2024

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Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-22

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-14