DOCKS BEERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08689169 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47250SIC 47250
- 56302Public houses and bars
- 90010Performing arts
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.9y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 4 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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 3800 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-11-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-10-21➖RICHARDS, Michael resigneddirector
- 2025-09-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-05-07✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-04-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-04-03📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2025-04-02➕KIRKHAM, Jacob Antony appointeddirector
- 2025-04-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-28➕KIRKHAM, Antony Nicholas appointeddirector
- 2025-03-28➖SHADAN, Shahram Paul resigneddirector
- 2025-02-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-01-22➖DOUGLAS, William resigneddirector
- 2024-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2024-08-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-01-25📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-09-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Catherine Everatt
- 2023-09-04➖LUMLEY, Charles resigneddirector
- 2023-09-04➖RICHARDS, Julie resigneddirector
- 2017-07-21➕DOUGLAS, William appointeddirector
- 2017-07-21➕LUMLEY, Charles appointeddirector
- 2017-07-21➕SHADAN, Shahram Paul appointeddirector
- 2013-09-13🏢Company incorporatedAs DOCKS BEERS LIMITED
- 2013-09-13➕RICHARDS, Julie appointeddirector
- 2013-09-13➕RICHARDS, Michael appointeddirector
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-05-07: certificate-change-of-name-company
Group structure
Kirkham Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Kirkham Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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DOCKS BEERS LIMITED
This company · 08689169
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kirkham Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 28/03/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr William Douglasceased 04/09/2023· 25-50% shares
- Mr Shahram Paul Shadanceased 04/09/2023· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer
Registered office
Docks Beers Limited The Church
King Edward Street
Grimsby
North East Lincolnshire
DN31 3JD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
KIRKHAM, Antony Nicholas→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2025-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KIRKHAM, Jacob Antony→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2025-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DOUGLAS, William→
Resigneddirector · ~54y · appointed 2017-07-21 · resigned 2025-01-22
LUMLEY, Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2017-07-21 · resigned 2023-09-04
RICHARDS, Julie→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2013-09-13 · resigned 2023-09-04
RICHARDS, Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~44y · appointed 2013-09-13 · resigned 2025-10-21
SHADAN, Shahram Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~39y · appointed 2017-07-21 · resigned 2025-03-28
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Catherine Everatt / Natalie Hopper | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/09/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (70 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-05-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-03
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-04-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-02