THE BEN RESTAURANT AND BAR LTD
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: 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 · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £7.6k | — |
| Current assets | £25.2k | — |
| Cash | £22.8k | — |
| Net assets | £7.6k | — |
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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Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-05✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-10-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-10-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-10-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-10-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-09-30➕RODGER, Andrew Peter appointeddirector
- 2022-09-30➖NEILL, Ryan David resigneddirector
- 2022-09-09🏢Company incorporatedAs THE BEN RESTAURANT AND BAR LTD
- 2022-09-09➕NEILL, Ryan David appointeddirector
- 2022-09-09📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
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 Andrew Peter Rodger Individual · British · DOB 10/1982 · age 44 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 30/09/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ryan David Neillceased 30/09/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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