808 CAFE BAR LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14756994 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-25
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
£-56.0k
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. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -44% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
7 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 £56,028
Cash draining
Cash down 44% YoY
Cash YoY
-44%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£531
↓ 44% YoY
Net Worth
-£56k
↓ 64% YoY
Current Assets
£640
↓ 87% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£56k-£44k-£32k-£20k-£7k£5kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-34.7k£-22.6k
Current assets£640£4.8k
Cash£531£949
Debtors£109£3.8k
Net assets£-56.0k£-34.1k

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 (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-04-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-03-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 808 CAFE BAR LTD
  5. 2023-03-25
    CARR, Benjamin appointed
    director
  6. 2023-03-25
    CUMMINS, Kenny appointed
    director
  7. 2023-03-25
    📄
    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 Benjamin Carr
Individual · British · DOB 02/1990 · age 36
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control25/03/2023
Mr Kenny Cummins
Individual · British · DOB 05/1992 · age 34
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control25/03/2023

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
Incorporated2023-03-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

19-20 Perry Road
Bristol
BS1 5BG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CARR, Benjamin
director · ~36y · appointed 2023-03-25
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Active
CUMMINS, Kenny
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-03-25
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-03-25