1950'S AMERICAN DINER LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14714819 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-08
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company 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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
13 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees-1000-900

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-03-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-03-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-03-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-03-05
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-08-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-03-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1950'S AMERICAN DINER LTD
  11. 2023-03-08
    CHETWYND, Cody appointed
    director
  12. 2023-03-08
    CHETWYND, Luke James appointed
    director
  13. 2023-03-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Luke James Chetwynd
Individual · British · DOB 07/1989 · age 37
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control08/03/2023
Mrs Cody Chetwynd
Individual · British · DOB 08/1995 · age 31
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control08/03/2023

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
Incorporated2023-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

The Forest Restaurant Mile Oak Garden Centre
Bonehill Road
Tamworth
B78 3HP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHETWYND, Cody
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-03-08
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Active
CHETWYND, Luke James
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-03-08
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Active

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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-03-08