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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 4.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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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 4.8y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~4.8 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
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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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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  2. 2025-09-02
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    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 · AA
  5. 2023-03-31
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    capital · SH01
  6. 2023-03-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2023-03-22
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    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 · 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 · 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
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    BROWN, Marie appointed
    director
  24. 2014-12-02
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    Company incorporated
    As BELLFIELD BREWERY LIMITED
  25. 2014-12-02
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    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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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