BAR CAFETERIA CIBO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07581777 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-29
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-6.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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 (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,956
Cash YoY
+118%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
↑ 118% YoY
Net Worth
-£6k
↑ 50% YoY
Current Assets
£20k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£12k-£5k£935£7k£14k£20kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-6.0k£-11.9k
Current assets£20.2k£14.4k
Cash£10.5k£4.8k
Net assets£-6.0k£-11.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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  2. 2024-07-11
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  3. 2023-10-18
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  4. 2022-12-22
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  5. 2021-12-03
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  6. 2021-05-27
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  7. 2020-12-29
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  8. 2019-12-13
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  9. 2018-12-20
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  10. 2017-12-12
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  11. 2016-12-19
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  12. 2015-12-29
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  13. 2015-12-17
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  14. 2014-12-22
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  15. 2013-09-17
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    TURANO, Franco resigned
    secretary
  16. 2011-12-08
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    ROSATO, Bruno appointed
    director
  17. 2011-09-22
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    ACCAPUTO, Sebastiano resigned
    director
  18. 2011-03-29
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    Company incorporated
    As BAR CAFETERIA CIBO LIMITED
  19. 2011-03-29
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    TURANO, Franco appointed
    secretary
  20. 2011-03-29
    ➕
    ACCAPUTO, Sebastiano appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bruno Rosato
Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/09/2016

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
Incorporated2011-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

34 Hogarth Court
Steeplands Bushey
Hertfordshire
WD23 1BT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

ROSATO, Bruno→
director · ~68y · appointed 2011-12-08
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Active
TURANO, Franco→
secretary · appointed 2011-03-29 · resigned 2013-09-17
Resigned
ACCAPUTO, Sebastiano→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-03-29 · resigned 2011-09-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
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2025-09-30
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2025-03-26
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2024-07-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
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2023-10-18
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2023-03-13
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2022-12-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
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accounts · AA
2021-12-03
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address · AD01
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09
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accounts · AA
2020-12-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-10
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2019-12-13