ARRAN BREWERY PLC

🌳Matureactive
SC430232 · plc · incorporated 2012-08-13
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-11-30
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2025-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2025-01-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2024-06-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-06-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-10-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  12. 2021-07-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-09-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-07-03
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-02
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  17. 2014-11-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The North Ayrshire Council
  18. 2013-10-16
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    PYNE, Nick Simon appointed
    director
  19. 2012-08-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ARRAN BREWERY PLC
  20. 2012-08-13
    ➕
    MICHALUK, Gerald Robert Gilmer appointed
    secretary
  21. 2012-08-13
    ➕
    MICHALUK, Gerald Robert Gilmer appointed
    director
  22. 2012-08-13
    ➕
    MICHALUK, Veronica appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gerald Robert Gilmer Michaluk
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeplc
Incorporated2012-08-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

Arran Brewery Guest House
Whiting Bay
Isle Of Arran
KA27 8PZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MICHALUK, Gerald Robert Gilmer→
secretary · appointed 2012-08-13
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MICHALUK, Gerald Robert Gilmer→
director · ~66y · appointed 2012-08-13
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MICHALUK, Veronica→
director · ~37y · appointed 2012-08-13
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PYNE, Nick Simon→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-10-16
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The North Ayrshire Council
A registered charge1 property05/11/2014—
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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-13