BUTLER & WALRUS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14154894 · ltd · incorporated 2022-06-07
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£-26.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -35% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
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
8 filings
60
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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £26,655
Cash YoY
-35%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£13k
↓ 35% YoY
Net Worth
-£27k
↓ 75% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£27k-£16k-£5k£6k£17k£29kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£20.4k£23.8k
Current assets£22.3k£28.5k
Cash£13.2k£20.4k
Debtors£7.5k£7.8k
Net assets£-26.7k£-15.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BUTLER & WALRUS LTD
  6. 2022-06-07
    BEQIRI, Kastriot appointed
    director
  7. 2022-06-07
    BLAKEY, Catherine Ann appointed
    director
  8. 2022-06-07
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some 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 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
Miss Catherine Ann Blakey
Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/06/2022
Mr Kastriot Beqiri
Individual · British,Albanian · DOB 07/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/06/2022

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
Incorporated2022-06-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Cairnryan House
13 Sweet Briar
Harrogate
HG3 2NX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BEQIRI, Kastriot
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-06-07
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Active
BLAKEY, Catherine Ann
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-06-07
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-06-07