A&G BRITISH CAFE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15412542 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-15
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£855
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
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

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: 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: medium (69/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £855

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
£855
Current Assets
£7k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-31
Total assets£855
Current assets£7.0k
Cash£2.5k
Net assets£855

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
2
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-03-26
    GAINA, Gabriel resigned
    director
  3. 2026-03-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-03-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-05-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A&G BRITISH CAFE LTD
  7. 2024-01-15
    SCHEAUA, Alin-Cristian appointed
    director
  8. 2024-01-15
    GAINA, Gabriel appointed
    director
  9. 2024-01-15
    📄
    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 2.4 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 Alin-Cristian Scheaua
Individual · Romanian · DOB 01/1987 · age 39
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest15/01/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gabriel Gainaceased 26/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-01-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

18 Stephenson Square
Walsall
WS2 7DY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-09
Last: 2026-05-26

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

SCHEAUA, Alin-Cristian
director · ~39y · appointed 2024-01-15
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Active
GAINA, Gabriel
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-01-15 · resigned 2026-03-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-15