EDINBURGH CRAFT BREW COMPANY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC480047 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-13
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£11.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.7y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
44 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £11,739

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£12k
↑ 7046% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£169£2k£5k£7k£9k£12kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£511.2k£505.8k
Net assets£11.7k£-169

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2024-06-13
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  4. 2024-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-06-15
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  15. 2016-05-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2016-05-19
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2016-05-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2015-12-07
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Caledonian Heritable Limited
  19. 2015-12-01
    ➕
    ARNOTT, Robert Graeme appointed
    director
  20. 2015-12-01
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Gordon Iain appointed
    director
  21. 2015-12-01
    ➖
    FERGUSON, Gavin Paul Edward resigned
    director
  22. 2015-12-01
    ➖
    MAIR, Christopher resigned
    director
  23. 2015-12-01
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Caledonian Heritable Limited
  24. 2014-08-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2014-07-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 2014-06-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EDINBURGH CRAFT BREW COMPANY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  27. 2014-06-13
    ➕
    FERGUSON, Gavin Paul Edward appointed
    director
  28. 2014-06-13
    ➕
    MAIR, Christopher appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Caledonian Heritable Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Caledonian Heritable Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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EDINBURGH CRAFT BREW COMPANY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
This company · SC480047

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Caledonian Heritable Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares13/06/2017

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
Incorporated2014-06-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

46 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh
EH2 4HQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ARNOTT, Robert Graeme→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUSSELL, Gordon Iain→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERGUSON, Gavin Paul Edward→
director · ~53y · appointed 2014-06-13 · resigned 2015-12-01
Resigned
MAIR, Christopher→
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-06-13 · resigned 2015-12-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Caledonian Heritable
Caledonian Heritable Limited
A registered charge1 property07/12/2015—
outstanding
Caledonian Heritable
Caledonian Heritable Limited
A registered charge—01/12/2015—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property11/08/2014—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—25/07/201419/05/2016
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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-04-15
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-15