AZTEC SPIRITS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11479010 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-23
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
£-1.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 11010
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46342SIC 46342
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 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 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,813
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,820 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 145% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£2k£2k£5k£9k£12k£15kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£-1.4k£4.7k
Current assets£9.9k£15.4k
Net assets£-1.8k£4.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-04-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-04-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2018-07-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AZTEC SPIRITS LTD
  8. 2018-07-23
    CARE, Ritchie Lee appointed
    director
  9. 2018-07-23
    JONES, Owen appointed
    director
  10. 2018-07-23
    📄
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 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 Ritchie Lee Care
Individual · Welsh · DOB 04/1983 · age 43
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/07/2018
Mr Owen Jones
Individual · Welsh · DOB 06/1991 · age 35
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control23/07/2018

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
Incorporated2018-07-23
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

17 Glyndwr Street
Port Talbot
SA13 1YH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CARE, Ritchie Lee
director · ~43y · appointed 2018-07-23
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Active
JONES, Owen
director · ~35y · appointed 2018-07-23
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Active

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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2018-07-23