BLOODY DRINKS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11097855 · ltd · incorporated 2017-12-05
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-53.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11070
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46342SIC 46342
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.9y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
44 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £53,501
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£54k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£166k
↓ 5.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£54k-£8k£38k£84k£130k£175kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£174.0k£190.1k
Current assets£166.5k£175.3k
Net assets£-53.5k£-46.1k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-25
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-06-24
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-06-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-06-18
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2025-04-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-12-03
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2024-12-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  10. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-02-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2024-01-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2023-11-22
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  14. 2023-11-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2023-11-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2023-10-24
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  17. 2023-08-16
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2023-08-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bloom Services Capital LTD
  19. 2023-05-30
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  20. 2023-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2022-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2017-12-05
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    Company incorporated
    As BLOODY DRINKS LIMITED
  23. 2017-12-05
    BEST, William Trevorian Stuart appointed
    director
  24. 2017-12-05
    FARNHAM, Henry Robert Spencer 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 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Henry Robert Spencer Farnham
Individual · British · DOB 09/1985 · age 41
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/12/2017
Mr William Trevorian Stuart Best
Individual · British · DOB 02/1985 · age 41
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/12/2017

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
Incorporated2017-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC11070 — SIC 11070

Registered office

124 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BEST, William Trevorian Stuart
director · ~41y · appointed 2017-12-05
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Active
FARNHAM, Henry Robert Spencer
director · ~41y · appointed 2017-12-05
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Bloom Services Capital
Bloom Services Capital LTD
A registered charge1 property10/08/202303/12/2024

Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-06-25
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-06-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-06-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-02-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-01-11
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-22