A & A TAVERNS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09166303 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-07
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
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£36.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (65/100)

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
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £36,678

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£37k
↑ 45% YoY
Current Assets
£78k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£16k£31k£47k£62k£78kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£36.7k£25.2k
Current assets£78.0k£55.7k
Net assets£36.7k£25.2k

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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-09-06
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2016-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2015-09-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-08-07
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    Company incorporated
    As A & A TAVERNS LIMITED
  16. 2014-08-07
    ➕
    COLBORN, Adam Lee appointed
    director
  17. 2014-08-07
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    COLBORN, Amanda Joan appointed
    director
  18. 2014-08-07
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-08-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

65 Bells Road Gorleston
Great Yarmouth
NR31 6AG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COLBORN, Adam Lee→
director · ~47y · appointed 2014-08-07
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Active
COLBORN, Amanda Joan→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-08-07
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-03