DON VALLEY BREWERY LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
10840738 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-28
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 8.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
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
- 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). 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 8.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (59/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
43 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 accounts
- • 2 other
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-27📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2026-02-27📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2026-02-27📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2025-12-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-12-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-02📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2025-04-02📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2025-04-02📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2024-06-21✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2024-06-20📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-06-14➖BAMFORD, John resignedsecretary
- 2024-06-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-05-19➖JONES, Susan resigneddirector
- 2024-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-11📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2024-03-11📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2024-03-11📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-20📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2023-01-20📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-01-20📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2018-04-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2017-06-28🏢Company incorporatedAs DON VALLEY BREWERY LTD
- 2017-06-28➕JONES, Benjamin Graham appointeddirector
- 2017-06-28➕JONES, Gordon appointeddirector
- 2017-06-28➕BAMFORD, John appointedsecretary
- 2017-06-28➕JONES, Susan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Speakeasy Enterprises Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Speakeasy Enterprises Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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DON VALLEY BREWERY LTD
This company · 10840738
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Speakeasy Enterprises Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 25/11/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Liberty Group Holdings Limitedceased 25/11/2025· 75-100% shares
- Mr Gordon Jonesceased 01/07/2020· 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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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-06-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer
Registered office
The Old Airfield Belton Road
Sandtoft
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN8 5SX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-16
Last: 2026-07-02
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
JONES, Benjamin Graham→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2017-06-28
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JONES, Gordon→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2017-06-28
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BAMFORD, John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2017-06-28 · resigned 2024-06-14
JONES, Susan→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2017-06-28 · resigned 2024-05-19
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/04/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (43 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2026-03-21
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2026-02-27
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2026-02-27
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2026-02-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-12-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-04-02
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-04-02
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-06-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-06-20