BELLFIELD BREWERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC492519 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-02
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 4.5y 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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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

1 live charge · oldest 4.5y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~4.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees171800

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-31
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2023-03-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2023-03-22
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2022-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-19
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-10-13
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    DYE, Giselle Jane Therese resigned
    director
  11. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-01
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    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2021-10-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  14. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-01
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2020-06-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2020-05-20
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2019-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-04-09
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    capital · SH01
  20. 2019-04-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  21. 2017-11-16
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    BROWN, Marie appointed
    secretary
  22. 2017-07-19
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    BROWN, Alistair Sandford Burns appointed
    director
  23. 2015-09-07
    ➕
    BROWN, Marie appointed
    director
  24. 2014-12-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BELLFIELD BREWERY LIMITED
  25. 2014-12-02
    ➕
    DYE, Giselle Jane Therese appointed
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alistair Sandford Burns Brown
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-12-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

46 Stanley Place
Edinburgh
EH7 5TB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BROWN, Marie→
secretary · appointed 2017-11-16
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Active
BROWN, Alistair Sandford Burns→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-07-19
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Active
BROWN, Marie→
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-09-07
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Active
DYE, Giselle Jane Therese→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-12-02 · resigned 2022-10-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—27/10/2021—
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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-31
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21