WHITEWATER BREWING CO. LTD

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NI041141 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-06
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.08M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11040
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 11050Manufacture of beer
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.6y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,078,474
Cash YoY
-26%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£191k
↓ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 8.2% YoY
Current Assets
£575k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£216k£431k£647k£863k£1.1mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1.50M£1.46M
Current assets£575.5k£508.5k
Cash£191.2k£258.4k
Debtors£319.2k£185.1k
Net assets£1.08M£996.9k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-02-21
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  3. 2024-10-22
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  4. 2024-10-01
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    TOSH, Jeffrey Wilson resigned
    director
  5. 2024-10-01
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    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-09-27
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    GRAY, Kenneth appointed
    director
  7. 2024-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-10-03
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  9. 2023-10-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2023-10-03
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  11. 2023-10-03
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  12. 2023-10-03
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    address · AD01
  13. 2023-04-30
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  14. 2022-04-14
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  15. 2021-04-28
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  16. 2020-12-17
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  17. 2020-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-04-18
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    MCMAHON, Patrick resigned
    director
  20. 2019-04-18
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    TOSH, Jeffrey Wilson appointed
    director
  21. 2019-04-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2019-04-18
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  23. 2016-12-20
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    MCMAHON, Patrick appointed
    director
  24. 2016-06-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Tennent's NI Limited
  25. 2013-10-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Northern Bank Limited
  26. 2012-04-01
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    SLOAN, Bernard appointed
    director
  27. 2001-07-06
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    Company incorporated
    As WHITEWATER BREWING CO. LTD
  28. 2001-07-06
    ➕
    SLOAN, Bernard appointed
    secretary
  29. 2001-07-06
    ➕
    SLOAN, Kerry Ann appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
Mr Bernard Sloan
Individual · Irish · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Kerry Ann Sloan
Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-07-06
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC11040 — SIC 11040

Registered office

3a Clarkill Road
Castlewellan
County Down
BT31 9BJ
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-01
Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

SLOAN, Bernard→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-06
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Active
GRAY, Kenneth→
director · ~58y · appointed 2024-09-27
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Active
SLOAN, Bernard→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-04-01
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Active
SLOAN, Kerry Ann→
director · ~57y · appointed 2001-07-06
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Active
MCMAHON, Patrick→
director · ~46y · appointed 2016-12-20 · resigned 2019-04-18
Resigned
TOSH, Jeffrey Wilson→
director · ~56y · appointed 2019-04-18 · resigned 2024-10-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Tennent's NI
Tennent's NI Limited
A registered charge3 properties13/06/2016—
outstanding
Northern Bank
Northern Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property07/10/2013—
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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
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officers · AP01
2024-10-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-17