AINSDALE GASTRO RESTAURANT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15702954 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-03
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
56/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 56/100 (worth a look), bankability 40/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (53/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
56/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
35
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-02
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2024-05-13
    MURPHY, Michael Mario appointed
    director
  3. 2024-05-13
    MURPHY, Margaret Mary resigned
    director
  4. 2024-05-13
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-05-13
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-05-13
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-05-13
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-05-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AINSDALE GASTRO RESTAURANT LTD
  9. 2024-05-03
    MURPHY, Margaret Mary appointed
    director
  10. 2024-05-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

2 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-02

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-08

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Mario Murphy
Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72
sig. influencesignificant influence13/05/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Margaret Mary Murphyceased 13/05/2024· 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
Incorporated2024-05-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

108-110 Station Road
Ainsdale
Southport
Merseyside
PR8 3HL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-02OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-08OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-24

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MURPHY, Michael Mario
director · ~72y · appointed 2024-05-13
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Active
MURPHY, Margaret Mary
director · ~70y · appointed 2024-05-03 · resigned 2024-05-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (7 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-03