AGORA RESTAURANTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05271681 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-27
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 21.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 21.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1700 | 1800 |
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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-14📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-04-14📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2023-03-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-03-24📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2023-03-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-20➖ATAY, Mahmut Nedim resignedsecretary
- 2023-02-15➖ATAY, Mahmut Nedim resigneddirector
- 2023-02-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2023-02-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-12-20➕ALVER, Mustafa appointeddirector
- 2019-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-18➖EKEN, Celil resigneddirector
- 2006-11-27➖KAYA, Hasan resigneddirector
- 2006-10-18➕KAYA, Hasan appointeddirector
- 2005-02-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2004-10-27🏢Company incorporatedAs AGORA RESTAURANTS LIMITED
- 2004-10-27➕TEMELLI, Burak appointeddirector
- 2004-10-27➕ATAY, Mahmut Nedim appointedsecretary
- 2004-10-27➕ATAY, Mahmut Nedim appointeddirector
- 2004-10-27➕EKEN, Celil appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Mustafa Alver Individual · Turkish · DOB 07/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 14/03/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Mahmut Nedim Atayceased 15/02/2023· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-10-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
4-6 Kings Parade
Cambridge
CB2 1SJ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
ALVER, Mustafa→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2019-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TEMELLI, Burak→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2004-10-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ATAY, Mahmut Nedim→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-10-27 · resigned 2023-03-20
ATAY, Mahmut Nedim→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2004-10-27 · resigned 2023-02-15
EKEN, Celil→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2004-10-27 · resigned 2015-05-18
KAYA, Hasan→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2006-10-18 · resigned 2006-11-27
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 07/02/2005 | — |
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Recent filings (64 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-14
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-24
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-02-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-15