ORM'S BREWHOUSE LTD

🌳Matureactive
08903799 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-20
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£90.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 11050Manufacture of beer
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
57 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £90,548

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£91k
↑ 211% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£82k-£47k-£13k£22k£56k£91kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£15.3k£23.1k
Current assets£5.1k£5.1k
Net assets£90.5k£-81.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-10-25
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-16
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2024-01-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-01-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-01-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-03
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2021-11-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  13. 2021-11-11
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-11-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2021-11-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2021-11-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2021-11-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2021-11-02
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  19. 2021-11-02
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    capital · SH08
  20. 2021-11-02
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  21. 2021-10-13
    ➕
    STANLEY, Christopher John appointed
    director
  22. 2021-05-12
    ➕
    MORGAN, Nicola Joanne appointed
    director
  23. 2014-02-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ORM'S BREWHOUSE LTD
  24. 2014-02-20
    ➕
    PURVES, Ian Nicholas, Professor appointed
    director
  25. 2014-02-20
    ➕
    SMART, Sharon Rachel Sara, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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.)

Group structure

Ormside Hall Estate Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Ormside Hall Estate Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
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ORM'S BREWHOUSE LTD
This company · 08903799

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ormside Hall Estate Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control13/10/2021
Mr Christopher Stanley
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/10/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Professor Ian Nicholas Purvesceased 13/10/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Dr Sharon Rachel Sara Smartceased 13/10/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2014-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

Ormside Hall
Ormside
Appleby-In-Westmorland
Cumbria
CA16 6EJ
England

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 (4 active · 0 resigned)

MORGAN, Nicola Joanne→
director · ~39y · appointed 2021-05-12
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Active
PURVES, Ian Nicholas, Professor→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-02-20
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Active
SMART, Sharon Rachel Sara, Dr→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STANLEY, Christopher John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2021-10-13
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Active

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-03
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-01-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-18