AXELJACK BREWERY LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14861286 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-11
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 May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11030
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 11050Manufacture of beer
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
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
-£22k-£16k-£10k-£4k£1k£7kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£8.4k
Current assets£7.0k
Net assets£-21.6k
Average employees4

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AXELJACK BREWERY LIMITED
  4. 2023-05-11
    AXELSEN, Ian Peter appointed
    director
  5. 2023-05-11
    FENWICK, Jane Louise appointed
    director
  6. 2023-05-11
    JACKSON, Craig Anthony appointed
    director
  7. 2023-05-11
    JACKSON, Katrina Olivia appointed
    director
  8. 2023-05-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Craig Anthony Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/05/2023
Ian Peter Axelsen
Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11030 — SIC 11030

Registered office

Blwch Gwyn
Sandy Lane
Ystradowen
CF71 7SX
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-24
Last: 2026-05-10

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

AXELSEN, Ian Peter
director · ~73y · appointed 2023-05-11
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Active
FENWICK, Jane Louise
director · ~56y · appointed 2023-05-11
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Active
JACKSON, Craig Anthony
director · ~51y · appointed 2023-05-11
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Active
JACKSON, Katrina Olivia
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-05-11
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-11