BACCHUS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15355461 · ltd · incorporated 2023-12-16
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-300
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of exhibition and fair organisers
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82302Activities of conference organisers
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
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
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £300
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£300
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£1.9k
Current assets£1.9k
Net assets£-300

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

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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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-27
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-11-18
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-01-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-12-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BACCHUS LTD
  6. 2023-12-16
    TONG, Nicholas Paul appointed
    director
  7. 2023-12-16
    📄
    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 2.6 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

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 Nick Paul Tong
Individual · British · DOB 05/1978 · age 48
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/12/2023

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
Incorporated2023-12-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82301 — Activities of exhibition and fair organisers

Registered office

The Mount
Bull Lane
Bishops Castle
SY9 5DA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

TONG, Nicholas Paul
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-12-16
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Recent filings (7 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-12-16