APPLAUD COFFEE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11270996 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-22
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£61.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £61,180

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£61k
Current Assets
£70k
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-30
Total assets£180.0k
Current assets£70.3k
Net assets£61.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-04-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-06-14
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  14. 2018-03-22
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    Company incorporated
    As APPLAUD COFFEE LIMITED
  15. 2018-03-22
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    COOK, Deborah appointed
    director
  16. 2018-03-22
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    COOK, Rodney David appointed
    director
  17. 2018-03-22
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    HUNTLY, Hannah appointed
    director
  18. 2018-03-22
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    TCHIE, Bethany appointed
    director
  19. 2018-03-22
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Rodney David Cook
Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73
——sig. influencesignificant influence22/03/2018

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
Incorporated2018-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

Unit 81 Centaur Court Claydon Business Park
Gt. Blakenham
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP6 0NL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

COOK, Deborah→
director · ~68y · appointed 2018-03-22
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Active
COOK, Rodney David→
director · ~73y · appointed 2018-03-22
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Active
HUNTLY, Hannah→
director · ~40y · appointed 2018-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TCHIE, Bethany→
director · ~36y · appointed 2018-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-23