3 LITTLE BIRDS MAG LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14206995 · ltd · incorporated 2022-06-30
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£101.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -45% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
16 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £101,531
Cash draining
Cash down 45% YoY
Cash YoY
-45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£110k
↓ 45% YoY
Net Worth
£102k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£166k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£45k£90k£136k£181k£226kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£101.5k£76.3k
Current assets£166.2k£225.9k
Cash£110.5k£199.9k
Debtors£32.0k£9.3k
Net assets£101.5k£76.3k

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-10
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  3. 2025-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-04-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2024-04-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-04-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-04-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-07-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2022-06-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3 LITTLE BIRDS MAG LTD
  12. 2022-06-30
    BIRD, Frederick Henry Rex appointed
    director
  13. 2022-06-30
    BIRD, Vanessa appointed
    director
  14. 2022-06-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BIRD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Fvyp Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Fvyp Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
3 LITTLE BIRDS MAG LTD
This company · 14206995

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Fvyp Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares · firm interest07/02/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Vanessa Birdceased 07/02/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Frederick Henry Rex Birdceased 07/02/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2022-06-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

25 Cotham Grove
Bristol
BS6 6AN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BIRD, Frederick Henry Rex
director · ~45y · appointed 2022-06-30
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Active
BIRD, Vanessa
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-06-30
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Active

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Recent filings (16 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-04-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-07-01