7 SQUARE LTD
🌳Matureactive
06809633 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-04
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.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-29.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
53 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 · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £29,844
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£29k
↑ 3.2% YoY
Net Worth
-£30k
↑ 8.2% YoY
Current Assets
£36k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-29.1k | £-29.0k |
| Current assets | £35.8k | £36.1k |
| Cash | £29.4k | £28.5k |
| Debtors | £6.0k | £7.2k |
| Net assets | £-29.8k | £-32.5k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-04-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-04-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-26➕EDWARDS, Kara appointeddirector
- 2026-01-26➖EDWARDS, Kara Lee resigneddirector
- 2025-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2009-11-06➖HORSLEY, Denise resigneddirector
- 2009-02-04🏢Company incorporatedAs 7 SQUARE LTD
- 2009-02-04➕HOYEK, Paul appointeddirector
- 2009-02-04➕EDWARDS, Kara Lee appointeddirector
- 2009-02-04➕HORSLEY, Denise appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Kara Edwards Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 26/01/2026 |
Mr Paul Hoyek Individual · Lebanese · DOB 03/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Kara Lee Edwardsceased 26/01/2026· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-02-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
7 Old Square
Warwick
CV34 4RA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
EDWARDS, Kara→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2026-01-26
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Active
EDWARDS, Kara Lee→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2009-02-04 · resigned 2026-01-26
HORSLEY, Denise→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2009-02-04 · resigned 2009-11-06
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Recent filings (53 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09