CRAIGEN, BREBNER AND CO. LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14687361 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-24
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2026
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£200£400£600£800£1kFeb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28
Total assets£1.0k
Cash£1.0k
Net assets£1.0k
Average employees100

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

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1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
6
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-30
    CHURCHILL, Carl appointed
    director
  3. 2026-04-30
    CHURCHILL, Nicole Eugenie appointed
    director
  4. 2026-04-30
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2026-04-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2026-04-30
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2026-04-30
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2026-04-30
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-09-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-05-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-02-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CRAIGEN, BREBNER AND CO. LTD
  12. 2023-02-24
    NEILL, John appointed
    director
  13. 2023-02-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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.)

Group structure

V Spirits Brands Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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V Spirits Brands Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
CRAIGEN, BREBNER AND CO. LTD
This company · 14687361

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
V Spirits Brands Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/04/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Neillceased 30/04/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2023-02-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

3000a Parkway
Whiteley
Hampshire
PO15 7FX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CHURCHILL, Carl
director · ~42y · appointed 2026-04-30
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Active
CHURCHILL, Nicole Eugenie
director · ~62y · appointed 2026-04-30
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Active
NEILL, John
director · ~54y · appointed 2023-02-24
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-02-24