ACOUSTIC ROOM COFFEE LTD

🌱Startupactive
15846162 · ltd · incorporated 2024-07-18
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
57/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 57/100 (worth a look), bankability 45/100. 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 (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
57/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
59
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-16
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  2. 2026-03-25
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-10-08
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2025-10-07
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2025-07-03
    COWLEY, Frankie Finn resigned
    secretary
  6. 2025-07-03
    COWLEY, Frankie Finn resigned
    director
  7. 2025-07-03
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2025-07-03
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-07-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACOUSTIC ROOM COFFEE LTD
  10. 2024-07-18
    BOOTH, Lee Anthony appointed
    director
  11. 2024-07-18
    COWLEY, Frankie Finn appointed
    secretary
  12. 2024-07-18
    COWLEY, Frankie Finn appointed
    director
  13. 2024-07-18
    📄
    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 1.9 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 high · 1 med ·
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: 2026-04-18

2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: COWLEY, Frankie Finn resigned 2025-07-03; COWLEY, Frankie Finn resigned 2025-07-03

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Lee Anthony Booth
Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control18/07/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Frankie Finn Cowleyceased 10/10/2025· 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
Incorporated2024-07-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

20 Wenlock Road
London
N1 7GU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-18OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last: 2025-10-06

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

BOOTH, Lee Anthony
director · ~53y · appointed 2024-07-18
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Active
COWLEY, Frankie Finn
secretary · appointed 2024-07-18 · resigned 2025-07-03
Resigned
COWLEY, Frankie Finn
director · ~21y · appointed 2024-07-18 · resigned 2025-07-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-06-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-10-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-07-18