2 CHAI LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14529150 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-08
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-252.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
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. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £252,065

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£47k
Net Worth
-£252k
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£252k-£192k-£132k-£73k-£13k£47kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£479.8k
Cash£47.1k
Net assets£-252.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2024-02-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2022-12-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 2 CHAI LTD
  6. 2022-12-08
    RAFIQUE, Atif appointed
    director
  7. 2022-12-08
    REHMAN, Asad Ur appointed
    director
  8. 2022-12-08
    📄
    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
Mr Asad Ur Rehman
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 10/1988 · age 38
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control08/12/2022
Mr Atif Rafique
Individual · British · DOB 01/1985 · age 41
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control08/12/2022

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
Incorporated2022-12-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

544-548 Kingsbury Road
London
NW9 9EE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

RAFIQUE, Atif
director · ~41y · appointed 2022-12-08
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Active
REHMAN, Asad Ur
director · ~38y · appointed 2022-12-08
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-08
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-02-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-12-08