24 BM LTD.

💤Zombieactive
11717722 · ltd · incorporated 2018-12-07
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
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: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.0y

10/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Newest facility, 2.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-04
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2024-05-31
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: First Merchant Finance PLC
  4. 2024-04-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-19
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-03-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-06-26
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-06-26
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-06-26
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-02-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-08-27
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-02-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-01-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-09-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-02-26
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2018-12-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 24 BM LTD.
  17. 2018-12-07
    LOWRY, Nathan Nicholas appointed
    director
  18. 2018-12-07
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nathan Nicholas Lowry
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
75100%
board control75-100% shares · board control07/12/2018

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒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 · W postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
226 LADBROKE GROVE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
09460828 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
11y
24/7 CATERING MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD
09043326 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
262 ELGIN AVENUE (MANAGEMENT) COMPANY LIMITED
04822556 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
22y
28-50 BY NIGHT LIMITED
13333474 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
28-50 CHELSEA LIMITED
12886531 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
28-50 LIMITED
11419726 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
28-50 OXFORD CIRCUS LIMITED
12038613 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
28-50 PADDINGTON LIMITED
13108768 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
2K SPV LIMITED
16342923 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
30 AUBERT PARK MANAGEMENT LIMITED
04238297 · est 2001 · no financials extracted
24y
30 GROSVENOR RESTAURANT OPCO LIMITED
15417152 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
30 LANHILL ROAD RTM COMPANY LIMITED
09648470 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
10y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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
Incorporated2018-12-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

B12, 8 Shepherd Market
London
W1J 7QE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

LOWRY, Nathan Nicholas
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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

Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
First Merchant Finance
First Merchant Finance PLC
A registered charge31/05/2024
Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.

Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-02