JOLLY SAILOR BREWERY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10726033 · ltd · incorporated 2017-04-13
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£-13.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -41% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,429
Cash draining
Cash down 41% YoY
Cash YoY
-41%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↓ 41% YoY
Net Worth
-£13k
↓ 65% YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↑ 4.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£13k-£5k£2k£10k£18k£26kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£-13.4k£-8.1k
Current assets£26.3k£25.1k
Cash£5.9k£9.9k
Debtors£16.4k£12.2k
Net assets£-13.4k£-8.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-04
    ➕
    BISHOP, Gemma Louise appointed
    director
  7. 2022-10-04
    ➕
    BISHOP, Lorraine appointed
    director
  8. 2022-10-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-10-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-06-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JOLLY SAILOR BREWERY LIMITED
  16. 2017-04-13
    ➕
    WELSH, David William, Dr appointed
    director
  17. 2017-04-13
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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
Dr David William Welsh
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/04/2017

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
Incorporated2017-04-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

The Corn Store High Scales
Aspatria
Wigton
Cumbria
CA7 3NG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BISHOP, Gemma Louise→
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-10-04
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Active
BISHOP, Lorraine→
director · ~67y · appointed 2022-10-04
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Active
WELSH, David William, Dr→
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-04-13
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20