CULT ROASTERS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC744248 · ltd · incorporated 2022-09-13
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£-186.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10832
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -73% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £186,668
Cash draining
Cash down 73% YoY
Cash YoY
-73%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 73% YoY
Net Worth
-£187k
↓ 96% YoY
Current Assets
£48k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
-£187k-£140k-£93k-£46k£910£48kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-85.7k£-95.2k
Current assets£47.6k£47.8k
Cash£2.7k£10.1k
Debtors£33.5k£33.0k
Net assets£-186.7k£-95.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CULT ROASTERS LTD
  5. 2022-09-13
    STONE, Garry appointed
    director
  6. 2022-09-13
    STONE, Jason appointed
    director
  7. 2022-09-13
    STONE, Kevin appointed
    director
  8. 2022-09-13
    📄
    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
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Stone
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/09/2022
Mr Jason Stone
Individual · British · DOB 04/1997 · age 29
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/09/2022
Mr Garry Stone
Individual · British · DOB 05/1992 · age 34
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/09/2022

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
Incorporated2022-09-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10832 — SIC 10832

Registered office

13 Brownrigg Yards
Newbridge
EH28 8TQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

STONE, Garry
director · ~34y · appointed 2022-09-13
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Active
STONE, Jason
director · ~29y · appointed 2022-09-13
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Active
STONE, Kevin
director · ~62y · appointed 2022-09-13
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Active

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Recent filings (7 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-09-13