NAE BAD LIMITED
- 47820SIC 47820
- 56101Licenced restaurants
- 56302Public houses and bars
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.9y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 2.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £119.9k | £147.5k |
| Current assets | £16.9k | £27.2k |
| Cash | £9.8k | £11.6k |
| Debtors | £2.9k | £2.8k |
| Net assets | £41.5k | £33.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-06-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Michael Alexander Taylor
- 2023-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-12✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-04-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-02📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-03-06🏢Company incorporatedAs NAE BAD LIMITED
- 2020-03-06➕GRANT, Daniel appointeddirector
- 2020-03-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Daniel Grant Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1995 · age 31 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/03/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Michael Alexander Taylor | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/06/2023 | — |