HINBA COFFEE SHOP LTD
Opportunity 74/100 (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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -31% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.9y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 1.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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 | £475.6k | £94.4k |
| Current assets | £104.1k | £112.0k |
| Cash | £72.2k | £105.1k |
| Debtors | £1.9k | £893 |
| Net assets | £72.5k | £59.5k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-06-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2024-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-09🏢Company incorporatedAs HINBA COFFEE SHOP LTD
- 2020-03-09➕ACHILLES, Vanessa appointeddirector
- 2020-03-09➕MCCOSS, Fergus James appointeddirector
- 2020-03-09📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Fergus James Mccoss Individual · British · DOB 10/1990 · age 36 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 09/03/2020 |
Miss Vanessa Achilles Individual · German · DOB 04/1990 · age 36 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 09/03/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 11/06/2024 | — |