A&J GIN BARS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11613854 · ltd · incorporated 2018-10-10
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£-31.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £31,313
Net assets shrinking
Down £36,846 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£31k
↓ 666% YoY
Current Assets
£25k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£31k-£17k-£2k£13k£28k£43kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£2.7k£39.5k
Current assets£24.5k£42.7k
Net assets£-31.3k£5.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-06-01
    AVILES, Sophie Farah appointed
    director
  5. 2023-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-03-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2021-12-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-12-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-11-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2020-10-09
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-07-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2020-06-30
    BOUCHER, Ashley James resigned
    director
  16. 2020-03-16
    COLE, David Anthony resigned
    director
  17. 2020-03-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-11-07
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    officers · AP01
  19. 2019-11-01
    COLE, David Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2019-11-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  21. 2019-11-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  22. 2018-10-10
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    Company incorporated
    As A&J GIN BARS LTD
  23. 2018-10-10
    AVILES, Jacques Daniel appointed
    director
  24. 2018-10-10
    BOUCHER, Ashley James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-04

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sophie Farah Aviles
Individual · British · DOB 10/1990 · age 36
2550%
25-50% shares21/03/2022
Mr Jacques Daniel Aviles
Individual · British · DOB 06/1989 · age 37
2550%
board control25-50% shares · board control10/10/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr David Anthony Coleceased 02/12/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Ashley James Boucherceased 10/07/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2018-10-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

8 Gin 64
8 Victoria Road
Penarth
CF64 3ED
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-04OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-21

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

AVILES, Jacques Daniel
director · ~37y · appointed 2018-10-10
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Active
AVILES, Sophie Farah
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-06-01
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Active
BOUCHER, Ashley James
director · ~34y · appointed 2018-10-10 · resigned 2020-06-30
Resigned
COLE, David Anthony
director · ~66y · appointed 2019-11-01 · resigned 2020-03-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-18