BEACH BARISTA LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11406493 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-08
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£49.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong 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 (73/100).
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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
29 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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £49,751
Cash YoY
-27%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£14k
↓ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£50k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £56.0k | £51.1k |
| Current assets | £16.6k | £24.3k |
| Cash | £14.5k | £19.9k |
| Debtors | £2.2k | £4.5k |
| Net assets | £49.8k | £44.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-10-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-06-08🏢Company incorporatedAs BEACH BARISTA LTD
- 2018-06-08➕WILLIS, Anthony Paul appointeddirector
- 2018-06-08➕WOODS, Joseph Rupert Alfred appointeddirector
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Joseph Rupert Alfred Woods Individual · British · DOB 05/1992 · age 34 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 08/06/2018 |
Anthony Paul Willis Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 08/06/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-06-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Registered office
Mount Folly Farm
Bigbury On Sea,
Devon
TQ7 4AR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
WILLIS, Anthony Paul→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2018-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WOODS, Joseph Rupert Alfred→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2018-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (29 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30