ARTIGIANO ESPRESSO BARS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08202578 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-05
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 9.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
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 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.4y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
51 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees32003500

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-09-01
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    RIVERA, Hernan Mauricio Alzate appointed
    director
  4. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-04-22
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    HILL, Michael Joseph resigned
    director
  6. 2025-04-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-03-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-03-13
    ➕
    KEOUGH, Veronica Anne appointed
    director
  9. 2024-07-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-02-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-12-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-09-08
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    KEOUGH, Stephen resigned
    director
  15. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-08-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2020-08-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  19. 2020-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-06-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  21. 2019-06-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2019-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2018-10-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  24. 2017-03-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  25. 2013-10-16
    ➕
    HILL, Michael Joseph appointed
    director
  26. 2012-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTIGIANO ESPRESSO BARS LIMITED
  27. 2012-09-05
    ➕
    KEOUGH, Stephen 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 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Hk4 Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Hk4 Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
ARTIGIANO ESPRESSO BARS LIMITED
This company · 08202578

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
Hk4 Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting15/11/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Hk4 Group Limitedceased 15/11/2017· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2012-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

1 Colleton Crescent
Exeter
Devon
EX2 4DG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

KEOUGH, Veronica Anne→
director · ~67y · appointed 2025-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RIVERA, Hernan Mauricio Alzate→
director · ~43y · appointed 2025-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILL, Michael Joseph→
director · ~46y · appointed 2013-10-16 · resigned 2025-04-22
Resigned
KEOUGH, Stephen→
director · ~68y · appointed 2012-09-05 · resigned 2022-09-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property25/08/2020—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—01/03/201711/06/2019
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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29