368 COTTAGE LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16673526 · ltd · incorporated 2025-08-26
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.
Why now
Window opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 2 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Deal-killer verdict: workable → complicated
  • · PSC count: 1 → 0
  • · Filings: 1 → 3
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Mixed signals in the last 30 days — 1 improved, 2 worsened.

  • Deal-killer verdict: workablecomplicated
  • PSC count: 10
  • Filings: 13
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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 (41/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-21
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-06-28
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2025-08-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 368 COTTAGE LIMITED
  4. 2025-08-26
    YE, Minglong appointed
    director
  5. 2025-08-26
    📄
    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 0.9 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-08-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

97 Weedon Road
Northampton
NN5 5BG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-26
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-08
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

YE, Minglong
director · ~47y · appointed 2025-08-26
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Recent filings (3 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-07-21
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-06-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-08-26