SLOPEMEISTER BREWING COMPANY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC606266 · ltd · incorporated 2018-08-24
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.
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 11050Manufacture of beer
  • 46342SIC 46342
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees1000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-06-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-04-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-24
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    Company incorporated
    As SLOPEMEISTER BREWING COMPANY LIMITED
  13. 2018-08-24
    ➕
    SLOPER, Karen appointed
    director
  14. 2018-08-24
    ➕
    SLOPER, Thomas Hendrie appointed
    director
  15. 2018-08-24
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Thomas Hendrie Sloper
Individual · British · DOB 02/1977 · age 49
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control24/08/2018
Mrs Karen Sloper
Individual · British · DOB 06/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control24/08/2018

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
Incorporated2018-08-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

Oak House Airth Castle Estate
Airth
Falkirk
FK2 8JF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SLOPER, Karen→
director · ~46y · appointed 2018-08-24
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SLOPER, Thomas Hendrie→
director · ~49y · appointed 2018-08-24
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Recent filings (20 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-31