BUCK'S BAR LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC537717 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-13
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£71.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong 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. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
31 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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £71,838
Net assets shrinking
Down £150,805 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 46% YoY
Cash YoY
-46%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£33k
↓ 46% YoY
Net Worth
£72k
↓ 68% YoY
Current Assets
£144k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £71.8k | £222.6k |
| Current assets | £144.1k | £280.3k |
| Cash | £32.9k | £61.2k |
| Debtors | £105.2k | £213.1k |
| Net assets | £71.8k | £222.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-02📄second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP04AP01
- 2024-08-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-03-09➕BERGSON, Samuel Robert appointeddirector
- 2022-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-02-11📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2022-02-10📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-11-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-13🏢Company incorporatedAs BUCK'S BAR LIMITED
- 2016-06-13➕BERGSON, Michael David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
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 Michael David Bergson Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-06-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
22 Backbrae Street Kilsyth
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G65 0NH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-21
Last: 2025-08-07
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BERGSON, Michael David→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2016-06-13
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BERGSON, Samuel Robert→
Activedirector · ~21y · appointed 2023-03-09
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Recent filings (31 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2024-08-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-02