THE WEE BISTRO LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
NI664857 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-04
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 2024
Net worth
£20.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £20,867

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£29k
Net Worth
£21k
↑ 3722% YoY
Current Assets
£67k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£13k£27k£40k£53k£67kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£20.9k£28.1k
Current assets£66.8k£49.0k
Cash£28.8k—
Debtors£33.9k—
Net assets£20.9k£546

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-07-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-07-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-07-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-04
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    Company incorporated
    As THE WEE BISTRO LTD
  11. 2019-10-04
    ➕
    FORD, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  12. 2019-10-04
    ➕
    MCREYNOLDS, Matthew Scott appointed
    director
  13. 2019-10-04
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew Scott Mcreynolds
Individual · British · DOB 12/1987 · age 39
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/10/2019
Miss Jacqueline Ford
Individual · British · DOB 07/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/10/2019

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
Incorporated2019-10-04
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

17a Ballyclare Road
Glengormely
Newtownabbey
BT36 5EU
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FORD, Jacqueline→
director · ~42y · appointed 2019-10-04
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Active
MCREYNOLDS, Matthew Scott→
director · ~39y · appointed 2019-10-04
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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05