1725 (AG) TAPAS& WINE BAR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

10203823 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-27

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 9.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public houses and bars

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.9y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 9.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-04
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accounts · AA
2024-02-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-04-18
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officers · CH01
2019-04-18
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officers · CH01
2019-04-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-04-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-02-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-09-12
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address · AD01
2018-08-25
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gazette · DISS40
2018-08-14
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gazette · GAZ1
2016-09-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2016-05-27
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Company incorporated
As 1725 (AG) TAPAS& WINE BAR LIMITED
2016-05-27
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BARKER, Andrew Mitchell appointed
director
2016-05-27
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CASS, Graham Roger appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 10 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Graham Roger Cass Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	27/05/2018
Mr Andrew Mitchell Barker Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	15/07/2016

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

Incorporated2016-05-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

1 Park View Court

St. Pauls Road

Shipley

BD18 3DZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-19

Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BARKER, Andrew Mitchell→

director · ~56y · appointed 2016-05-27

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Active

CASS, Graham Roger→

director · ~57y · appointed 2016-05-27

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	12/09/2016	—

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-02-17

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-02-03