DURATION BREWING LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
10709551 · ltd · incorporated 2017-04-05
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 6.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 11050Manufacture of beer
- 56101Licenced restaurants
- 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 6.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1200 | 1000 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-17📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-07-16📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-02-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-06📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-01-06📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2022-08-01📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-08-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-08-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-07-26📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-06-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-06-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-06-27🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Asset Advantage Limited
- 2022-06-27🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Asset Advantage Limited
- 2022-06-17📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-06-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-06-10📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Asset Advantage Limited
- 2018-10-04➕MARTEN, Lewis Benedict Sinclair appointeddirector
- 2017-04-05🏢Company incorporatedAs DURATION BREWING LTD
- 2017-04-05➕BATES, Derek Seth appointeddirector
- 2017-04-05➕HUDSON, Miranda Lilian appointeddirector
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Derek Seth Bates Individual · American · DOB 05/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 05/04/2017 |
Ms Miranda Lilian Hudson Individual · English · DOB 10/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 05/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| AMK PETERBOROUGH FRUIT SERVICES LTD→ 11724620 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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| CUTTING EDGE VEG LIMITED→ 15700281 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| DALES BAKERY LIMITED→ 07509601 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
| DANI FOODS LIMITED→ 04155650 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010
Registered office
Abbey Farm
River Road
West Acre
Norfolk
PE32 1UA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BATES, Derek Seth→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2017-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HUDSON, Miranda Lilian→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2017-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MARTEN, Lewis Benedict Sinclair→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2018-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Asset Advantage Asset Advantage Limited | A registered charge | — | 27/06/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Asset Advantage Asset Advantage Limited | A registered charge | — | 27/06/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Asset Advantage Asset Advantage Limited | A registered charge | — | 22/10/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (46 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-07-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-01-06
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-01-06
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-08-01