AKT ESTABLISHMENTS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14120660 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-20
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-24.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £24,845
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
-£25k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£15k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £21.5k | £-30.0k |
| Current assets | £14.7k | £16.5k |
| Cash | — | £9.8k |
| Debtors | — | £2.2k |
| Net assets | £-24.8k | £-30.0k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-03-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-31📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-28➖BARNETT, Karen Sarah resigneddirector
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-20➕NICHOLLS, Ashleigh-Marie appointeddirector
- 2024-11-20➖BARNETT, Stephen David resigneddirector
- 2024-11-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-11-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-11-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-05-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-10-21📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-06-28➕BARNETT, Stephen David appointeddirector
- 2022-06-28➖TUDOR, Thomas Edward resigneddirector
- 2022-05-20🏢Company incorporatedAs AKT ESTABLISHMENTS LTD
- 2022-05-20➕GLEDHILL, Alexandra Coral appointeddirector
- 2022-05-20➕BARNETT, Karen Sarah appointeddirector
- 2022-05-20➕TUDOR, Thomas Edward appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Ashleigh-Marie Nicholls Individual · British · DOB 06/1994 · age 32 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 15/11/2024 |
Mrs Alexandra Coral Gledhill Individual · British · DOB 08/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 20/05/2022 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Stephen David Barnettceased 15/11/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mrs Karen Sarah Barnettceased 28/02/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Thomas Edward Tudorceased 28/06/2022· 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.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-05-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars
Registered office
15 Bridge Street
Hereford
HR4 9DF
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-18
Last: 2026-05-04
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
GLEDHILL, Alexandra Coral→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2022-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NICHOLLS, Ashleigh-Marie→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2024-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARNETT, Karen Sarah→
Resigneddirector · ~44y · appointed 2022-05-20 · resigned 2026-02-28
BARNETT, Stephen David→
Resigneddirector · ~37y · appointed 2022-06-28 · resigned 2024-11-20
TUDOR, Thomas Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~35y · appointed 2022-05-20 · resigned 2022-06-28
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Recent filings (35 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-21