EBAR INITIATIVES LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC543722 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-25
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£470.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28930
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47810Retail sale via stalls and markets of food, beverages and tobacco products
- 56210Event catering activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -70% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 3 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £470,503
Net assets shrinking
Down £650,758 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 70% YoY
Cash YoY
-70%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£185k
↓ 70% YoY
Net Worth
£471k
↓ 58% YoY
Current Assets
£296k
↓ 56% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £470.5k | £1.15M |
| Current assets | £295.9k | £665.0k |
| Cash | £184.7k | £625.5k |
| Debtors | £53.2k | £12.6k |
| Net assets | £470.5k | £1.12M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-03📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-07📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-12-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-12-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-11-30➖BURNESS PAULL LLP resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2024-11-28➕TURNER, Bryan appointeddirector
- 2024-11-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-09-30➖GILMORE, Stuart resigneddirector
- 2024-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2023-08-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-08-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-08-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-08-04📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-08-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-05-18📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-04-19📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2023-04-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-21➖PETTIPHER, Samuel Edward resigneddirector
- 2023-03-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-03-03📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-09-16📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-08-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-07-15➕O'DOWD, James Robert appointeddirector
- 2018-04-05➕GILMORE, Stuart appointeddirector
- 2017-11-02➕BURNESS PAULL LLP appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2016-08-25🏢Company incorporatedAs EBAR INITIATIVES LTD
- 2016-08-25➕BEESON, Nicholas Alan appointeddirector
- 2016-08-25➕PETTIPHER, Samuel Edward appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-08-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC28930 — SIC 28930
Registered office
2 Marischal Square
Broad Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1DQ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
BEESON, Nicholas Alan→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2016-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
O'DOWD, James Robert→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2021-07-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TURNER, Bryan→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2024-11-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BURNESS PAULL LLP→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2017-11-02 · resigned 2024-11-30
GILMORE, Stuart→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2018-04-05 · resigned 2024-09-30
PETTIPHER, Samuel Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~38y · appointed 2016-08-25 · resigned 2023-03-21
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Recent filings (79 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-01-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-08-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-21
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-08-04