LOVE BRITISH BEER LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC251921 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-27
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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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£11.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
74 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £11,413

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£11k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£69
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£5k£7k£9k£11kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£11.4k£69
Current assets£69£69
Net assets£11.4k£11.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-22
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  2. 2025-11-30
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  3. 2025-11-30
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2024-03-10
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  6. 2023-03-30
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  7. 2022-03-31
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  8. 2022-03-07
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2021-07-13
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-21
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  11. 2020-03-09
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  12. 2019-03-27
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  13. 2018-03-31
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  14. 2016-11-25
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  15. 2016-11-25
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    accounts · AAMD
  16. 2016-11-24
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-01-01
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    TAYLOR, William resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-02-09
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    MICHALUK, Veronica appointed
    director
  19. 2006-01-01
    ➖
    DOUGLAS, Scott resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-01-01
    ➖
    RITCHIE, Graeme Lithgow resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-01-01
    ➕
    TAYLOR, William appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-01-01
    ➖
    DOUGLAS, Scott resigned
    director
  23. 2006-01-01
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    RITCHIE, Graeme Lithgow resigned
    director
  24. 2005-02-09
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    DOUGLAS, Scott appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-02-09
    ➕
    DOUGLAS, Scott appointed
    director
  26. 2004-06-03
    ➕
    RITCHIE, Graeme Lithgow appointed
    secretary
  27. 2004-06-03
    ➕
    RITCHIE, Graeme Lithgow appointed
    director
  28. 2004-06-01
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    MICHALUK, Gerald Robert resigned
    secretary
  29. 2004-06-01
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    ANDREW, William Baillie resigned
    director
  30. 2003-06-27
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    Company incorporated
    As LOVE BRITISH BEER LTD
  31. 2003-06-27
    ➕
    MICHALUK, Gerald Robert Gilmer appointed
    director
  32. 2003-06-27
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    MICHALUK, Gerald Robert appointed
    secretary
  33. 2003-06-27
    ➕
    ANDREW, William Baillie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gerald Robert Gilmer Michaluk
Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—board control75-100% shares · board control · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-06-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

Arran Brewery Guest House
Whiting Bay
Isle Of Arran
KA27 8PZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

MICHALUK, Gerald Robert Gilmer→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MICHALUK, Veronica→
director · ~37y · appointed 2007-02-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOUGLAS, Scott→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-09 · resigned 2006-01-01
Resigned
MICHALUK, Gerald Robert→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-27 · resigned 2004-06-01
Resigned
RITCHIE, Graeme Lithgow→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-03 · resigned 2006-01-01
Resigned
TAYLOR, William→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-01 · resigned 2016-01-01
Resigned
ANDREW, William Baillie→
director · ~96y · appointed 2003-06-27 · resigned 2004-06-01
Resigned
DOUGLAS, Scott→
director · ~53y · appointed 2005-02-09 · resigned 2006-01-01
Resigned
RITCHIE, Graeme Lithgow→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-06-03 · resigned 2006-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16