AGAINST THE GRAIN CIDERY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12113955 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-19
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11030
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 11050Manufacture of beer
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
90
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£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-14
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  4. 2024-05-31
    ➖
    HADFIELD, Conor resigned
    director
  5. 2024-05-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-05-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-05-01
    ➕
    MOSS, Simon Andrew appointed
    director
  8. 2024-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-23
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-10-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-07-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AGAINST THE GRAIN CIDERY LTD
  16. 2019-07-19
    ➕
    LIPFRIEND, Jonathan William Jack appointed
    director
  17. 2019-07-19
    ➕
    HADFIELD, Conor appointed
    director
  18. 2019-07-19
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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 Jonathan William Jack Lipfriend
Individual · British · DOB 02/1991 · age 35
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/07/2019

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
Incorporated2019-07-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11030 — SIC 11030

Registered office

76 Enid Street
London
SE16 3RA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-01
Last: 2025-07-18

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

LIPFRIEND, Jonathan William Jack→
director · ~35y · appointed 2019-07-19
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Active
MOSS, Simon Andrew→
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-05-01
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Active
HADFIELD, Conor→
director · ~34y · appointed 2019-07-19 · resigned 2024-05-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-06-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-18