ENGLISH CAFE INC LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15670959 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-23
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£5.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
66/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 79110Travel agency activities
  • 85590Other education n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 66/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
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
74
Few red 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 £5,789
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
£6k
Current Assets
£7k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£7.1k
Current assets£7.1k
Net assets£5.8k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-05-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-05-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-05-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-05-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-05-19
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-05-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2025-05-18
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    ASAN, Mustafa appointed
    director
  10. 2025-05-18
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    FARSHBAFZIRANKKAR, Faranak resigned
    director
  11. 2024-12-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2024-12-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2024-12-15
    ➖
    BALABAN, Bugra resigned
    director
  14. 2024-12-15
    ➕
    FARSHBAFZIRANKKAR, Faranak appointed
    director
  15. 2024-11-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2024-11-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2024-11-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2024-11-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2024-10-31
    ➕
    BALABAN, Bugra appointed
    director
  20. 2024-10-31
    ➖
    SARAC, Harun resigned
    director
  21. 2024-09-26
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  22. 2024-06-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  23. 2024-06-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  24. 2024-06-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  25. 2024-06-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  26. 2024-05-31
    ➖
    BALABAN, Bugra resigned
    director
  27. 2024-05-31
    ➕
    SARAC, Harun appointed
    director
  28. 2024-04-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ENGLISH CAFE INC LIMITED
  29. 2024-04-23
    ➕
    BALABAN, Bugra appointed
    director
  30. 2024-04-23
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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 2.2 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 · 1 low
Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2024-09-26: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mustafa Asan
Individual · British · DOB 07/1979 · age 47
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/05/2025
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Bugra Balabanceased 18/05/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Harun Saracceased 31/10/2024· significant influence
  • Mr Bugra Balabanceased 31/05/2024· significant influence

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
Incorporated2024-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

57 Eden Street
Gough House, Rooms 1&2
Kingston Upon Thames
London
KT1 1DA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last: 2026-04-22

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

ASAN, Mustafa→
director · ~47y · appointed 2025-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BALABAN, Bugra→
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-10-31 · resigned 2024-12-15
Resigned
BALABAN, Bugra→
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-04-23 · resigned 2024-05-31
Resigned
FARSHBAFZIRANKKAR, Faranak→
director · ~39y · appointed 2024-12-15 · resigned 2025-05-18
Resigned
SARAC, Harun→
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-05-31 · resigned 2024-10-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-03