CE BAR THIRTY TWO LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15071259 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-14
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£436
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public houses and bars
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed hospitality with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £436

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£436
Current Assets
£4k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-31
Total assets£1.4k
Current assets£3.8k
Net assets£436

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2025-10-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-10-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-07-01
    RUSHFORTH, Ellie Georgia resigned
    director
  5. 2025-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-01-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-09-01
    RUSHFORTH, Molly Olivia resigned
    director
  8. 2024-02-20
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-08-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2023-08-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2023-08-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  12. 2023-08-17
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2023-08-17
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2023-08-14
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    Company incorporated
    As CE BAR THIRTY TWO LTD
  15. 2023-08-14
    SMITH, Cameron Joel appointed
    director
  16. 2023-08-14
    RUSHFORTH, Ellie Georgia appointed
    director
  17. 2023-08-14
    RUSHFORTH, Molly Olivia appointed
    director
  18. 2023-08-14
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-31

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Cameron Joel Smith
Individual · British · DOB 04/2000 · age 26
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/08/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Ellie Georgia Rushforthceased 01/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2023-08-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

32 Wilson Street
Workington
CA14 4AZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

SMITH, Cameron Joel
director · ~26y · appointed 2023-08-14
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Active
RUSHFORTH, Ellie Georgia
director · ~27y · appointed 2023-08-14 · resigned 2025-07-01
Resigned
RUSHFORTH, Molly Olivia
director · ~19y · appointed 2023-08-14 · resigned 2024-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-17
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-08-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-14