NEWBARNS BREWERY LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC635450 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-08
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£225.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of beer
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 3.0y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 3.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
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
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £225,796
Net assets shrinking
Down £36,920 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£64k
Net Worth
£226k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-07-31 | 2023-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £593.9k |
| Current assets | — | £259.8k |
| Cash | £64.3k | — |
| Net assets | £225.8k | £262.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
8
filings
- • 4 officers
- • 2 address
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-06-14🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-06-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-05-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-08-20➕MCINTOSH, Emma appointeddirector
- 2019-08-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-08-01➕INGRAM, Annie Kirkland, Dr appointeddirector
- 2019-07-08🏢Company incorporatedAs NEWBARNS BREWERY LIMITED
- 2019-07-08➕MCKENZIE, Gordon Peter appointeddirector
- 2019-07-08📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordon Peter Mckenzie Individual · British · DOB 03/1990 · age 36 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 08/07/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-07-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer
Registered office
13 Jane Street
Newbarns Brewery
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
EH6 5HE
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
INGRAM, Annie Kirkland, Dr→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2019-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCINTOSH, Emma→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2019-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCKENZIE, Gordon Peter→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2019-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/06/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 12/05/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (25 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-06-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-06-02