COFFEE & GRUB HUT LTD

🌱Startupactive
16097060 · ltd · incorporated 2024-11-23
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
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10832
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-04
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-11-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-11-03
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-10-23
    BEETLES, Natalie Louise resigned
    director
  5. 2025-06-06
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  6. 2024-11-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As COFFEE & GRUB HUT LTD
  7. 2024-11-23
    BLACKHOLLY, Dawn Maria appointed
    director
  8. 2024-11-23
    BEETLES, Natalie Louise appointed
    director
  9. 2024-11-23
    📄
    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 1.5 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 low
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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Dawn Maria Blackholly
Individual · British · DOB 03/1985 · age 41
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting23/11/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Natalie Louise Beetlesceased 23/10/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2024-11-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10832 — SIC 10832

Registered office

Coffee And Grub Hut
High Street
Benfleet
SS7 1NA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-06
Last: 2025-11-22

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BLACKHOLLY, Dawn Maria
director · ~41y · appointed 2024-11-23
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Active
BEETLES, Natalie Louise
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-11-23 · resigned 2025-10-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-03
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2025-06-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-11-23