BIRMINGHAM BREWING COMPANY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10311471 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-04
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 4.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.6y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Charge age ~4.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-302023-08-30
Average employees242300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-31
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2026-07-31
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    Charge satisfied #1
  3. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2022-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2022-01-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bibby Financial Services Limited
  10. 2021-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-20
    ➕
    HARWOOD, Charlotte Sophie appointed
    director
  14. 2019-10-28
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-11-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2016-08-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BIRMINGHAM BREWING COMPANY LIMITED
  19. 2016-08-04
    ➕
    HARWOOD, Paul Roy appointed
    director
  20. 2016-08-04
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr Paul Roy Harwood
Individual · British · DOB 10/1987 · age 39
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest04/08/2016

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
Incorporated2016-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

17 Stirchley Trading Estate
Hazelwell Road
Birmingham
B30 2PF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last made up to: 2024-08-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HARWOOD, Charlotte Sophie→
director · ~38y · appointed 2020-04-20
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Active
HARWOOD, Paul Roy→
director · ~39y · appointed 2016-08-04
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Bibby Financial Services
Bibby Financial Services Limited
A registered charge—07/01/202231/07/2026

Recent filings (24 total)

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-06