CASA BELLA RESTAURANT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07159694 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-17
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£83.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £83,780
Cash YoY
+61%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£264k
↑ 61% YoY
Net Worth
£84k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£356k
↑ 56% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £88.3k | £64.4k |
| Current assets | £356.1k | £228.3k |
| Cash | £263.9k | £164.3k |
| Debtors | £90.2k | £62.6k |
| Net assets | £83.8k | £59.5k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-01➕STOCKWELL, Sarah Ann appointeddirector
- 2021-10-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-06-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-06-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-04-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-04-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2015-12-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2013-08-09➖STOCKWELL, Helen Ruth resigneddirector
- 2010-02-17🏢Company incorporatedAs CASA BELLA RESTAURANT LIMITED
- 2010-02-17➕STOCKWELL, Andrew Charles appointeddirector
- 2010-02-17➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-02-17➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-02-17➕DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola appointeddirector
- 2010-02-17➖DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola resigneddirector
- 2010-02-17➕STOCKWELL, Helen Ruth appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Charles Stockwell Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Matthew Peter Stockwellceased 01/03/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
Unit 7, Clifford Court Cooper Way
Parkhouse
Carlisle
CA3 0JG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last: 2025-11-21
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
STOCKWELL, Andrew Charles→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2010-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STOCKWELL, Sarah Ann→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2021-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2010-02-17 · resigned 2010-02-17
DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2010-02-17 · resigned 2010-02-17
STOCKWELL, Helen Ruth→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2010-02-17 · resigned 2013-08-09
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 31/12/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-01