ACKLAM PUBS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10990085 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-02
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£46.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -41% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £46,109
Net assets shrinking
Down £52,235 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 41% YoY
Cash YoY
-41%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£56k
↓ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£46k
↓ 53% YoY
Current Assets
£71k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £110.7k | £186.6k |
| Current assets | £70.8k | £102.0k |
| Cash | £56.2k | £95.6k |
| Debtors | £10.3k | £2.1k |
| Net assets | £46.1k | £98.3k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-24➕CRAKE, Jonathan appointeddirector
- 2025-04-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-10-02🏢Company incorporatedAs ACKLAM PUBS LIMITED
- 2017-10-02➕CRAKE, Shaun Thomas appointeddirector
- 2017-10-02📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Shaun Thomas Crake Individual · English · DOB 02/1971 · age 55 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 02/10/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Active · Hospitality · TS postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 DOUGHS LIMITED→ 16451716 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7634 XLLE LTD→ 15338458 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| A1 TAKE AWAY (NE) LTD→ 16072996 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AAA ZT LTD→ 16315332 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AAG ENTS LTD→ 11764139 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| AAK FOOD DURHAM LTD→ 15868746 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ABADGAR ENTERPRISE LIMITED→ 16977061 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ABBEY MICROPUBS LTD→ 13771656 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ABBEYFIELD GUEST HOUSE LTD.→ 15266377 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AC AT TEESSIDE LTD→ 16793145 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACC CATERING LTD→ 15857350 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACKLAM RESTAURANT LTD→ 17116037 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-10-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars
Registered office
249 Acklam Road
Middlesbrough
TS5 7BW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CRAKE, Jonathan→
Activedirector · ~30y · appointed 2025-04-24
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CRAKE, Shaun Thomas→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2017-10-02
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Recent filings (19 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-09