51 DEGREES NORTH COFFEE CO LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16032196 · ltd · incorporated 2024-10-21
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
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-31

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
3
filings
  • 1 mortgage
  • 1 officers
  • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 mortgage
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-05-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Swif - Debt Area a LP Acting by Its General Partner Fse Swif Debt Gp Limited
  3. 2026-05-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-04-30
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  5. 2026-03-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2026-03-18
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2026-03-13
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-10-21
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    Company incorporated
    As 51 DEGREES NORTH COFFEE CO LIMITED
  10. 2024-10-21
    DUERDEN, Justin appointed
    director
  11. 2024-10-21
    HUTCHINGS, Benjamin appointed
    director
  12. 2024-10-21
    JONES, Robert Ian appointed
    director
  13. 2024-10-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 1.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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

Point Break Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Point Break Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
51 DEGREES NORTH COFFEE CO LIMITED
This company · 16032196

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Justin Duerden
Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control21/10/2024
Mr Benjamin Hutchings
Individual · British · DOB 08/1988 · age 38
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/03/2026
Point Break Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/03/2026

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
Incorporated2024-10-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

Unit 9 Atlantic Court
Chivenor
Barnstaple
EX31 4FP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DUERDEN, Justin
director · ~50y · appointed 2024-10-21
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Active
HUTCHINGS, Benjamin
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-10-21
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Active
JONES, Robert Ian
director · ~48y · appointed 2024-10-21
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Swif - Debt Area a LP Acting by Its General Partner Fse Swif Debt Gp
Swif - Debt Area a LP Acting by Its General Partner Fse Swif Debt Gp Limited
A registered charge2 properties21/05/2026
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Recent filings (10 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-05-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-01
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-04-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-10-21