CAFEDROP LTD

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16194500 · ltd · incorporated 2025-01-20
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
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10832
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47240Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores
  • 47290Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (52/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  2. 2025-01-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CAFEDROP LTD
  3. 2025-01-20
    BAIENE, Elizampeta appointed
    director
  4. 2025-01-20
    📄
    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 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-02

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kelvin Asuquo Ekanem
Individual · Irish · DOB 10/1990 · age 36
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/01/2025

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
Incorporated2025-01-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10832 — SIC 10832

Registered office

23 Blake Court
Queens Park
NW6 5PW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-20
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-02-02OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BAIENE, Elizampeta
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-01-20
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Recent filings (2 total)

gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-05-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-01-20