BLUES CAFE BAR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04412612 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-09
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 2025
Net worth
£3.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 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 (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
72 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 £2,985

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
↑ 2.8% YoY
Current Assets
£34k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£7k£14k£20k£27k£34kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£3.0k£2.9k
Current assets£34.0k£30.3k
Net assets£3.0k£2.9k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-12
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  4. 2023-01-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2020-10-01
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    LALLI, Manjit Singh appointed
    director
  10. 2020-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-22
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-10
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-07-01
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    KAUR, Surinder appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-07-01
    ➖
    LALLI, Manjit Singh resigned
    secretary
  19. 2007-06-22
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    LALLI, Manjit Singh resigned
    director
  20. 2002-04-17
    ➕
    SINGH, Gurmail appointed
    director
  21. 2002-04-17
    ➕
    LALLI, Manjit Singh appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-04-17
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-04-17
    ➕
    LALLI, Manjit Singh appointed
    director
  24. 2002-04-17
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-04-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BLUES CAFE BAR LIMITED
  26. 2002-04-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-04-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gurmail Singh
Individual · British · DOB 06/1944 · age 82
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Surinder Kaur
Individual · British · DOB 07/1944 · age 82
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Manjit Singh Lalli
Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-04-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

51 Havelock Street
Swindon
SN1 1SD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-13
Last: 2025-12-30

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

KAUR, Surinder→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LALLI, Manjit Singh→
director · ~61y · appointed 2020-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINGH, Gurmail→
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-04-17
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Active
LALLI, Manjit Singh→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-17 · resigned 2007-07-01
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-09 · resigned 2002-04-17
Resigned
LALLI, Manjit Singh→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-04-17 · resigned 2007-06-22
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-09 · resigned 2002-04-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

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2026-03-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-04