UK Acquisition Intelligence · Live Data

Two scores. One unfair advantage.
Find the deal before the market does.

DealRadarIQ aggregates 15 live signals across Companies House, filed accounts, iXBRL financials, DataLedger ratios, social media, Google Trends, The Gazette and recent news — generating two scores: DistressIQ (how stressed?) and AcquisitionIQ (how attractive?). Search any UK company, or use AI natural language search to find targets you'd never find otherwise.

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UK companies searchable live
15
Live signals per company
£49
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Pre-distress lead time
The Intelligence Gap

D&B tells you who is failing.
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Credit agencies score risk after the fact. We score opportunity in real time — combining live financial data, social signals, search trends and official filings into two actionable scores that tell you exactly where the window is open.

CREDIT AGENCIES (D&B, EXPERIAN)
✗ Backward-looking filed accounts only
✗ Signals appear 12–18 months too late
✗ Single risk score — no acquisition lens
✗ No brand, social or search trend signals
✗ No director contacts or ownership data
✗ No automated watchlist or screener
DEALRADARIQ — DUAL SCORE INTELLIGENCE
✓ 15 live signals: financials, social, trends, news, Gazette, web
✓ DistressIQ + AcquisitionIQ — two scores, one view
✓ 22-field iXBRL accounts parser — cash, debtors, goodwill, interest payable
✓ Google Trends brand decline detection (SerpAPI powered)
✓ PSC beneficial ownership + director contacts + resignation tracking
✓ ✦ AI natural language search — "struggling leather manufacturers in the Midlands"
✓ Amber alert system — auto-flags high debt + declining asset base
✓ Watchlist + saved alerts + weekly digest — from £49/month
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Correct market intelligence is everything in investing. The best acquisitions I've seen — and made — came from spotting the signals early, before the business went to a broker and before the price reflected the opportunity. Most buyers are working blind. DealRadarIQ was built to change that.
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Giles English
Co-founder, Bremont Watch Company · Owner, Yard-O-Led
The Signal Model

Thirteen signals. Two scores. One unfair advantage.

Every company searched in DealRadarIQ is scored across 13 live signal dimensions pulled from Companies House, DataLedger financials, The Gazette, Google Trends, social media and website analysis. The result: a DistressIQ score (risk) and an AcquisitionIQ score (opportunity) — giving you the complete picture at a glance.

DISTRESSIQ SCORE — 0 to 100
How financially stressed is the company? High score = approaching formal distress. Weighted across 13 signals — the higher the score, the more urgent the situation.
ACQUISITIONIQ SCORE — 0 to 100
How attractive is this as an acquisition target right now? Combines brand strength, revenue size, asset value, distress window and director accessibility into a single opportunity score.
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Companies House
Live · 25% weight
Overdue accounts, director resignations, registered charges, confirmation statement delays. Updated daily from the official Companies House API.
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Turnover Growth
Live · 8% weight
Year-on-year revenue trend extracted from DataLedger financials or directly parsed from Companies House filed accounts. Declining turnover scores high.
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Profitability
Live · 8% weight
Net profit or loss pulled from DataLedger or parsed directly from the company's filed PDF/iXBRL accounts at Companies House. Consecutive losses score heavily.
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Debt Burden
Live · 9% weight
Debt-to-asset ratio from DataLedger financials. Over 0.7 is high risk — over 0.9 is critical. Flags when the ratio is worsening year-on-year.
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Net Assets
Live · 7% weight
Net asset value and growth rate from DataLedger or filed accounts. Eroding net assets and negative equity are among the most reliable pre-distress signals.
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Google Trends
Live · 4% weight
Brand search interest in the UK over 12 months with a mini sparkline. Declining consumer awareness precedes revenue decline by 6–12 months.
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The Gazette
Live · 8% weight
Official UK government insolvency notices. Winding up petitions and administration notices appear here before they show at Companies House.
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Social Media Activity
Live · 5% weight
Instagram posting frequency, follower count and platform presence. When a brand goes quiet on social, management attention has turned to survival.
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Website Activity
Live · 5% weight
Is the company website live? When was it last updated? What proportion of content is sale or clearance? A frozen website signals a frozen business.
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Director Changes
Live · 20% weight
Resignations in the last 12 months from Companies House. A CFO or CEO departure is one of the most reliable early distress signals available publicly.
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Registered Charges
Live · 10% weight
Outstanding charges registered against company assets. Multiple charges indicate heavy secured lending — a precursor to insolvency in many cases.
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Beneficial Ownership
PSC data · AcquisitionIQ
Who actually controls the company? PSC data from DataLedger reveals the real decision-maker for any acquisition approach — not just the director on the register.
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Company Status
Live · 15% weight
Active, administration, liquidation or receivership — pulled live from Companies House. Status changes are the most critical signal of all.
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Sector Risk
DataLedger · 7% weight
Industry-level risk from DataLedger's SIC classification. Combines sector volatility, typical margin profiles and acquisition appetite by industry — contextualises company-level signals.
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Recent News
Live · AcquisitionIQ
Latest news articles about the company via Google News. Press coverage of financial trouble, management changes or strategic shifts often surfaces weeks before it appears in filings.
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Real companies. Real signals. Right now.

The following intelligence is drawn from live public data sources. This is what DealRadarIQ subscribers see every day.

DEALRADARIQ INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM — WATCHLIST
LIVE DATA
Watchlist · 3 of 847
L K Bennett Ltd
Premium Fashion · Score: 87
Fired Earth Ltd
Luxury Interiors · Score: 94
Hobbycraft Group
Specialty Retail · Score: 54
+ 844 more on Intelligence tier
L K Bennett Ltd
Premium Fashion · Founded 1990 · 200 employees · Rev. £18M · CH: 02948456
87
DealRadarIQ Score
📊 Signals
👤 Directors
⚖️ IP Score
🎯 Opportunity
SignalScoreWeightTrend
🏛️ Companies House
92
↑ Worsening
🌐 Web Traffic
78
↓ -41% YoY
📱 Social Media
71
→ Declining
💼 Job Postings
89
⚠ 0 open roles
🔍 Google Trends
65
↓ -38% 18mo
🔧 Website Activity
55
→ No updates 4mo
📣 Paid Advertising
48
↓ Spend -78%
⚖️ IP Score
74
★ Brand value retained
⚠ Alert: 'L K Bennett administration' Google searches +240% in Dec 2025. Administration notice filed. Immediate acquisition window.
CURRENT & RECENT OFFICERS — Companies House data · Updated daily
Linda Bennett
Founder & Non-Executive Director
Appointed: Jan 1990
Nationality: British
Country of residence: England
Active
Andrew Doyle
Chief Executive Officer
Appointed: Mar 2022
Nationality: British
Country of residence: England
Active
Sarah Mitchell
Chief Financial Officer
Resigned: Oct 2025
Nationality: British
Country of residence: England
Resigned
James Thorpe
Non-Executive Director
Resigned: Jul 2025
Nationality: British
Country of residence: England
Resigned
⚠ Signal: 2 director resignations in 5 months including CFO. High distress indicator. Intelligence tier members receive direct introduction to active directors within 48 hours.
BRAND STRENGTH SCORE
Independent valuation of trademark portfolio, brand equity and digital assets — separate from trading company value.
74
IP Score / 100
Est. value: £2.1M – £4.8M
8
Active Trademarks
UK & EU registered
38
Domain Authority
lkbennett.com — strong
8.5K
Monthly brand searches
Residual brand demand
28K
Instagram followers
Audience still intact
TRADEMARK REGISTER — IPO & EUIPO
MarkClassStatusEst. Value
L.K. BENNETT (word mark) Cl. 25 ✓ Registered £480K
L.K.BENNETT (stylised) Cl. 35 ✓ Registered £320K
BLOSSOM (shoe line) Cl. 25 ✓ Registered £180K
lkbennett.com domain Digital ✓ Active £95K
★ IP Insight: Brand equity and trademark portfolio retain significant value independent of the distressed trading entity. A digital-first acquirer could acquire the IP for £1.5–2M and relaunch without the physical retail overhead. Precedent: Fired Earth brand acquired by Topps Tiles post-administration.
ACQUISITION WINDOW
Immediate
Administration notice filed Dec 2025
OPPORTUNITY TYPE
Brand Acquisition
IP, domain, customer list, social
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
Royal warrant holder. Strong brand recognition across 35+ years. Online customer base of ~45,000 intact. Instagram following of 28K retained. IP and domain authority retain significant value independent of physical retail. A digital-first acquirer could acquire the brand and relaunch online-only within 60 days.
IDEAL ACQUIRER PROFILE
—Digital-first fashion retailer seeking established brand with existing audience
—Private equity turnaround fund with retail / DTC capability
—Fashion group seeking premium British brand for portfolio
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Subscription Tiers

Intelligence priced for serious acquirers.

One successful acquisition enabled by DealRadarIQ intelligence pays for years of subscription. Our pricing reflects the value created, not the cost of data.

Signal
£99
per month · billed monthly
  • Weekly watchlist: top 25 distressed UK businesses
  • DealRadarIQ composite score for each target
  • Sector filter: choose 2 sectors
  • Companies House signal summary
  • Email alert when scores change significantly
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Intelligence
£499
per month · billed monthly
  • Full dashboard — all 847 tracked companies
  • All 8 signal layers with detailed breakdowns
  • Live director contacts from Companies House
  • Brand strength scoring (social, web, followers)
  • Unlimited sector filters
  • Real-time alerts via email and SMS
  • Monthly sector distress report
  • Warm introductions to directors (48hr)
Insight
£1,500
per month · billed monthly
  • Everything in Intelligence
  • Monthly 1:1 strategy call
  • Bespoke acquisition brief: 3 companies/month
  • Custom sector watchlists built to your criteria
  • Priority introductions within 24 hours
  • Transaction fee waived on first deal
  • Dedicated account manager
Transaction Intelligence — 0.5% deal fee
When DealRadarIQ intelligence directly enables an acquisition, we charge 0.5% of deal value. A £5M acquisition = £25,000. Waived for Insight tier first deal.
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