LEIGH BREWING AND MALTING COMPANY CIC

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16388216 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2025-04-15
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-19
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-04-18
    ROBINSON, John resigned
    director
  3. 2025-04-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LEIGH BREWING AND MALTING COMPANY CIC
  4. 2025-04-15
    HELLEM, Stephen appointed
    director
  5. 2025-04-15
    PRESCOTT, Steven Brian appointed
    director
  6. 2025-04-15
    ROWLINSON, Peter Alan appointed
    director
  7. 2025-04-15
    ROBINSON, John appointed
    director
  8. 2025-04-15
    📄
    incorporation-community-interest-company
    incorporation · CICINC

Owner dependency

70/100
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 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-28

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2025-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

123 Green Lane
Leigh
WN7 2TW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-15
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-28OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HELLEM, Stephen
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-04-15
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Active
PRESCOTT, Steven Brian
director · ~67y · appointed 2025-04-15
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Active
ROWLINSON, Peter Alan
director · ~73y · appointed 2025-04-15
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Active
ROBINSON, John
director · ~76y · appointed 2025-04-15 · resigned 2026-04-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (2 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-19
incorporation-community-interest-company
incorporation · CICINC
2025-04-15