THE FLAVOUR CARTEL LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15529019 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-28
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 2025
Net worth
£78.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (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 (70/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
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
77
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 £78,193

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
Net Worth
£78k
Current Assets
£354k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-27
Total assets£78.2k
Current assets£354.4k
Cash£17.9k
Debtors£307.2k
Net assets£78.2k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
9
filings
  • 3 officers
  • 2 accounts
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
10
filings
  • 3 officers
  • 3 accounts
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-21
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2026-04-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2026-04-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2026-04-10
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2026-04-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2026-04-10
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2026-02-25
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2026-01-10
    BENNEY, Anna Marie appointed
    director
  10. 2026-01-10
    BELLIS, David Robert resigned
    director
  11. 2025-11-28
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2024-12-18
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  13. 2024-02-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THE FLAVOUR CARTEL LTD
  14. 2024-02-28
    BELLIS, David Robert appointed
    director
  15. 2024-02-28
    📄
    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 2.2 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 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-04-21: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2024-12-18: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Anna Marie Benney
Individual · British · DOB 04/2006 · age 20
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting10/01/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Robert Bellisceased 10/01/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2024-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Axis 8 Axis Court Riverside Business Park
Swansea Vale
Swansea
SA7 0AJ
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-27
Last made up to: 2025-08-27
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BENNEY, Anna Marie
director · ~20y · appointed 2026-01-10
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Active
BELLIS, David Robert
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-02-28 · resigned 2026-01-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-10
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-02-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-02-28