BREW TOON LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC465271 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-05

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£-65.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of beer

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £65,091

Cash YoY

+22%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£121k

↑ 22% YoY

Net Worth

-£65k

↑ 52% YoY

Current Assets

£208k

↑ 23% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£-24.9k	£-75.6k
Current assets	£207.9k	£168.9k
Cash	£120.7k	£99.0k
Debtors	£73.6k	£49.1k
Net assets	£-65.1k	£-135.6k

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-09
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accounts · AA
2024-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-12
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-27
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officers · AP01
2019-05-20
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BOWDEN, Cameron Clark appointed
director
2018-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2015-12-14
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-10-28
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2013-12-05
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Company incorporated
As BREW TOON LTD.
2013-12-05
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BOWDEN, Frederick James appointed
director
2013-12-05
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BOWDEN, Shirley-Ann Gerrard appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Shirley-Ann Gerrard Bowden Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/11/2016

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

Incorporated2013-12-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC11050 — Manufacture of beer

Registered office

72a St. Peter Street

Peterhead

AB42 1QB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-19

Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BOWDEN, Cameron Clark→

director · ~36y · appointed 2019-05-20

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BOWDEN, Frederick James→

director · ~62y · appointed 2013-12-05

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BOWDEN, Shirley-Ann Gerrard→

director · ~62y · appointed 2013-12-05

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-22

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-19