A NUMBER OF VENUES LTD
🌱Startupactive
16110012 · ltd · incorporated 2024-11-29
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
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (59/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-05-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Tallaght Financial LTD
- 2026-04-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-04-23➕PEPPERELL, Cheryl Lesley appointeddirector
- 2025-09-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-11-29🏢Company incorporatedAs A NUMBER OF VENUES LTD
- 2024-11-29➕PEPPERELL, Jason Stephen appointeddirector
- 2024-11-29📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 1.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PEPPERELL, Jason Stephen (same surname) appointed 2024-11-29. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jason Stephen Pepperell Individual · British · DOB 12/1981 · age 45 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 29/11/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-11-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Registered office
10 Greenways Crescent
Shoreham-By-Sea
BN43 6HS
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
PEPPERELL, Cheryl Lesley→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2026-04-23
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PEPPERELL, Jason Stephen→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2024-11-29
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Tallaght Financial Tallaght Financial LTD | A registered charge | — | 11/05/2026 | — |
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Recent filings (5 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-05-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-11-29