ST ANDREWS BREWING COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC506928 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-27
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-17
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  2. 2024-09-12
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  3. 2024-09-12
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  4. 2024-09-12
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  5. 2024-09-01
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    BUTLER, Timothy George Edward resigned
    director
  6. 2024-09-01
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    STIRLING, Niall Fraser resigned
    director
  7. 2024-06-28
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  8. 2023-06-27
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  9. 2023-05-11
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  10. 2023-05-11
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  11. 2023-05-11
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  12. 2023-05-11
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  13. 2023-05-11
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  14. 2023-05-11
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  15. 2023-04-25
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  16. 2023-04-25
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    capital · SH01
  17. 2022-06-28
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  18. 2021-09-30
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  19. 2020-09-29
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  20. 2020-01-08
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    officers · TM01
  21. 2020-01-01
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    GRAINGER, Kevin Gawn resigned
    director
  22. 2018-06-26
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    STIRLING, Niall Fraser appointed
    director
  23. 2018-03-01
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    MACKEY, Patrick Columba appointed
    director
  24. 2018-03-01
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    RODGERS, Tony appointed
    director
  25. 2018-03-01
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    GRAINGER, Kevin Gawn appointed
    director
  26. 2015-05-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ST ANDREWS BREWING COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED
  27. 2015-05-27
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    MACKEY, Patrick Philip appointed
    director
  28. 2015-05-27
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    BUTLER, Timothy George Edward 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 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Patrick Philip Mackey
Individual · British · DOB 05/1974 · age 52
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Timothy George Edward Butlerceased 01/09/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-05-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

Unit 9 Bassaguard Business Park
St. Andrews
Fife
KY16 8AL
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MACKEY, Patrick Columba→
director · ~80y · appointed 2018-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKEY, Patrick Philip→
director · ~52y · appointed 2015-05-27
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Active
RODGERS, Tony→
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTLER, Timothy George Edward→
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-05-27 · resigned 2024-09-01
Resigned
GRAINGER, Kevin Gawn→
director · ~68y · appointed 2018-03-01 · resigned 2020-01-01
Resigned
STIRLING, Niall Fraser→
director · ~69y · appointed 2018-06-26 · resigned 2024-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
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accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2023-05-11
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2023-05-11
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-05-11
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-05-11
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-05-11
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-05-11