3LACK COFFEE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14869738 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-15
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 May 2024
Net worth
£7.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (63/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
6 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,913

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£8k
Current Assets
£1k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-05-31
Total assets£9.9k
Current assets£1.1k
Net assets£7.9k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-05-27
    MUSA, Amman resigned
    director
  3. 2025-03-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3LACK COFFEE LTD
  5. 2023-05-15
    PALMER SIMMONDS, Jalahn Kai appointed
    director
  6. 2023-05-15
    PALMER-SIMMONDS, Myahla appointed
    director
  7. 2023-05-15
    PALMER-SIMMONDS, Tamah Storme appointed
    director
  8. 2023-05-15
    MUSA, Amman appointed
    director
  9. 2023-05-15
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

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

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-05-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

49 Wicker
Sheffield
S3 8HT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

PALMER SIMMONDS, Jalahn Kai
director · ~28y · appointed 2023-05-15
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Active
PALMER-SIMMONDS, Myahla
director · ~25y · appointed 2023-05-15
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Active
PALMER-SIMMONDS, Tamah Storme
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-05-15
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Active
MUSA, Amman
director · ~36y · appointed 2023-05-15 · resigned 2025-05-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-15