ANDARK VENTURES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11579454 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-20
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£70.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
15 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £69,988

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£70k
Current Assets
£4k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-30
Total assets£70.0k
Current assets£3.8k
Net assets£70.0k

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 (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-15
    📄
    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  3. 2024-06-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-09-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANDARK VENTURES LTD
  9. 2018-09-20
    MILROY, Mark Wallace appointed
    director
  10. 2018-09-20
    SMITH, Andrew appointed
    director
  11. 2018-09-20
    📄
    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.)
🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Hospitality · SR postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
AARYAN CHIPPY LTD
16181451 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
ACROPOLIS STREET FOOD (STACK S) LTD
12360738 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
AFOMATO (NE) LTD
16117881 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
AHMED SPICE PETERLEE LTD
16188498 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
AJ'S CATERING LIMITED
07195901 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
16y
ALIZAS GROUP LTD
16233245 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
ALPHA TRADERS (NE) LTD
16901493 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ALTIKULAC SUNDERLAND LTD
12426022 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
6y
AMIGO ROKER LTD
14158545 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
ANDARK RENTALS LIMITED
13695165 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
ANDARK SLICE LTD
14617197 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
3y
ANGELIC FOOD RESTAURANT LTD
16782350 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-09-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

73 Church Street
Seaham
SR7 7HE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MILROY, Mark Wallace
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Andrew
director · ~45y · appointed 2018-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2018-09-20