50 RUPEES LTD

💤Zombieactive
05196461 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-03
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£-496.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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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 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -97% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £496,659
Cash draining
Cash down 97% YoY
Cash YoY
-97%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£208
↓ 97% YoY
Net Worth
-£497k
↑ 1.5% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
—
-£504k-£402k-£300k-£198k-£96k£6kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£-496.7k£-504.1k
Cash£208£6.0k
Net assets£-496.7k£-504.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-01-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2017-08-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2017-07-31
    ➖
    BHALLA, Nikhil resigned
    director
  15. 2017-07-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-01-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Redcliffe Investments Limited
  18. 2004-08-03
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    Company incorporated
    As 50 RUPEES LTD
  19. 2004-08-03
    ➕
    TANDON, Deepa appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-08-03
    ➕
    TANDON, Deepa appointed
    director
  21. 2004-08-03
    ➕
    SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-08-03
    ➖
    SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-08-03
    ➕
    BHALLA, Nikhil appointed
    director
  24. 2004-08-03
    ➕
    SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2004-08-03
    ➖
    SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Deepa Tandon
Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/08/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Nikhil Bhallaceased 31/07/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2004-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Panorama Nottingham Road
Costock
Loughborough
LE12 6XE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

TANDON, Deepa→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-03
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Active
TANDON, Deepa→
director · ~75y · appointed 2004-08-03
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Active
SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-03 · resigned 2004-08-03
Resigned
BHALLA, Nikhil→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-08-03 · resigned 2017-07-31
Resigned
SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-08-03 · resigned 2004-08-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Redcliffe Investments
Redcliffe Investments Limited
Rent deposit deed1 property09/01/2009—
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Recent filings (58 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-05