INTOXICATING BRANDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC276644 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-30
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£4.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11040
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56101Licenced restaurants
  • 56210Event catering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
67 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,534
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,802 YoY
Cash YoY
-15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£15k
↓ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£332k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£67k£134k£201k£268k£335kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£4.5k£7.3k
Current assets£332.4k£335.3k
Cash£15.4k£18.3k
Debtors£317.0k£317.0k
Net assets£4.5k£7.3k

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.

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-12
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  2. 2024-05-07
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  3. 2023-11-24
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  4. 2023-11-24
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  5. 2023-11-24
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  6. 2023-05-31
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  7. 2022-05-20
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  8. 2021-12-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  9. 2021-12-21
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  10. 2021-01-07
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  11. 2020-05-27
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  12. 2019-05-31
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  13. 2018-05-24
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  14. 2017-07-12
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  15. 2016-12-13
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    address · AD01
  16. 2012-04-17
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    BROWN, Rosemary Pauline appointed
    director
  17. 2012-04-17
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    BROWN, Frederick Goldie resigned
    director
  18. 2009-10-01
    ➖
    BROWN, Rosemary Pauline resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-10-01
    ➕
    BROWN, Frederick Goldie appointed
    director
  20. 2008-10-01
    ➖
    BROWN, Rosemary Pauline resigned
    director
  21. 2004-11-30
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    Company incorporated
    As INTOXICATING BRANDS LIMITED
  22. 2004-11-30
    ➕
    BROWN, Peter Dane appointed
    director
  23. 2004-11-30
    ➕
    BROWN, Rosemary Pauline appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-11-30
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-11-30
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-11-30
    ➕
    BROWN, Rosemary Pauline appointed
    director
  27. 2004-11-30
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2004-11-30
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Dane Brown
Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68
50–75%
—50-75% 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
Incorporated2004-11-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC11040 — SIC 11040

Registered office

Unit 9 - 11 Rfl House
Anderson Street
Dunblane
FK15 9AJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BROWN, Peter Dane→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Rosemary Pauline→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Rosemary Pauline→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-30 · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-11-30 · resigned 2004-11-30
Resigned
BROWN, Frederick Goldie→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2012-04-17
Resigned
BROWN, Rosemary Pauline→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-11-30 · resigned 2008-10-01
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-11-30 · resigned 2004-11-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-07