ANDOVER CATFE LTD

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14787364 · ltd · incorporated 2023-04-09
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 2 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Deal-killer verdict: complicated → workable
  • · Asset backing: none → unknown
  • · Filings: 7 → 8
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 2 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • Deal-killer verdict: complicatedworkable
  • Filings: 78
  • ·Asset backing: noneunknown
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2026
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
71/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£4k£8k£11k£15k£19kApr 2024Apr 2025Apr 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-04-302025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£26.9k£33.7k
Current assets£7.5k£13.5k
Net assets£18.8k£10.1k
Average employees200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-04-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANDOVER CATFE LTD
  6. 2023-04-09
    WAUE, Stuart George appointed
    director
  7. 2023-04-09
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stuart George Waue
Individual · British · DOB 10/1978 · age 48
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/04/2023

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
Incorporated2023-04-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

2 Winchester Street
Andover
SP10 2EA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-31
Last made up to: 2026-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WAUE, Stuart George
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-04-09
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Recent filings (8 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-04-09