MOORHOUSE FARM COFFEE SHOP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05602086 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-25
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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year to Dec 2024
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-25
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  2. 2024-05-30
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  3. 2023-08-02
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  4. 2022-06-17
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  5. 2021-08-06
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  6. 2020-06-30
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  7. 2019-03-12
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  8. 2018-04-13
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  9. 2017-04-21
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  10. 2017-02-13
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  11. 2016-04-25
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  12. 2015-10-26
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  13. 2015-04-27
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  14. 2014-10-28
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  15. 2014-09-29
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  16. 2005-12-02
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    BYATT, Victoria Maria appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-12-02
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    BYATT, Ian appointed
    director
  18. 2005-12-02
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    BYATT, Victoria Maria appointed
    director
  19. 2005-12-02
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    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2005-12-02
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    CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2005-10-25
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    Company incorporated
    As MOORHOUSE FARM COFFEE SHOP LIMITED
  22. 2005-10-25
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    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2005-10-25
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    CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Byatt
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Victoria Maria Byatt
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
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
Incorporated2005-10-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BYATT, Victoria Maria→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-02
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Active
BYATT, Ian→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-12-02
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Active
BYATT, Victoria Maria→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-12-02
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Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-10-25 · resigned 2005-12-02
Resigned
CREDITREFORM LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-10-25 · resigned 2005-12-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

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2025-07-25
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2024-11-05
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2024-05-30
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2023-11-09
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2023-08-02
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2022-10-31
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2022-06-17
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2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-28
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accounts · AA
2019-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-29