BEST PUB EVER LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC749843 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-09
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£-23.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £23,942
Cash YoY
+113%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£40k
↑ 113% YoY
Net Worth
-£24k
↑ 42% YoY
Current Assets
£40k
↑ 112% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£41k-£25k-£9k£7k£23k£40kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£-23.9k£-41.5k
Current assets£39.7k£18.7k
Cash£39.6k£18.6k
Debtors£100£100
Net assets£-23.9k£-41.5k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-01-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-12-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2022-12-21
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  8. 2022-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As BEST PUB EVER LTD
  9. 2022-11-09
    CHAMBERS, Ceceley Zevah appointed
    director
  10. 2022-11-09
    CHAMBERS, Stephen Michael appointed
    director
  11. 2022-11-09
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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.)

Group structure

Spirituous Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Spirituous Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
BEST PUB EVER LTD
This company · SC749843

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Spirituous Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/11/2022

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
Incorporated2022-11-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Pavillion 2 Castlecraig Business Park
Players Road
Stirling
FK7 7SH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHAMBERS, Ceceley Zevah
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-11-09
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Active
CHAMBERS, Stephen Michael
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-11-09
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-12-21
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-12-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-11-09