ANGEL COFFEE SHOP LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15599285 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-28
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-03
    ANDERSON, Beryl Anne appointed
    director
  3. 2025-07-03
    CRESSWELL, Malcolm Charles resigned
    director
  4. 2025-07-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-07-03
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-05-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2025-05-02
    📄
    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  8. 2025-04-28
    STABLER, Kathryn resigned
    director
  9. 2025-04-28
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2025-04-10
    STABLER, Kathryn appointed
    director
  11. 2025-04-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2025-03-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-04-15
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2024-03-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANGEL COFFEE SHOP LIMITED
  15. 2024-03-28
    MCGREGOR, Clair appointed
    director
  16. 2024-03-28
    CRESSWELL, Malcolm Charles appointed
    director
  17. 2024-03-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

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

Group structure

Angel Trust - A Charity For The People is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Angel Trust - A Charity For The People
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ANGEL COFFEE SHOP LIMITED
This company · 15599285

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Angel Trust - A Charity For The People
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares01/05/2025

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
Incorporated2024-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

3 Belvedere House
Kingsway
Bishop Auckland
DL14 7JN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ANDERSON, Beryl Anne
director · ~69y · appointed 2025-07-03
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Active
MCGREGOR, Clair
director · ~49y · appointed 2024-03-28
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Active
CRESSWELL, Malcolm Charles
director · ~75y · appointed 2024-03-28 · resigned 2025-07-03
Resigned
STABLER, Kathryn
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-04-10 · resigned 2025-04-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (12 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-02
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-05-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-04-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-28