ANTICA ROMA RESTAURANT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07954547 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-17
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£4.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -30% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £4,295
Cash YoY
-30%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£5k
↓ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£4k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£31k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £7.5k | £13.0k |
| Current assets | £30.9k | £27.5k |
| Cash | £4.6k | £6.7k |
| Debtors | £16.7k | £11.4k |
| Net assets | £4.3k | £3.8k |
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 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-23📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2023-06-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2023-06-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-04-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-01-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2013-10-11➕NOBREGA, Jose Leonardo appointeddirector
- 2013-09-12➖SALTARI, Giovanni resigneddirector
- 2012-02-17🏢Company incorporatedAs ANTICA ROMA RESTAURANT LIMITED
- 2012-02-17➕TRASTUS, Benvenuto appointeddirector
- 2012-02-17➕SALTARI, Giovanni appointeddirector
- 2012-02-17➕SHAH, Ela appointeddirector
- 2012-02-17➖SHAH, Ela resigneddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 14 years.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jose Leonardo De Nobrega Individual · Portuguese · DOB 09/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 17/02/2017 |
Mr Benvenuto Trastus Individual · Italian · DOB 02/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 17/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated2012-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
Cumberland House
24-28 Baxter Avenue
Southend-On-Sea
SS2 6HZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-03
Last: 2026-02-17
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
NOBREGA, Jose Leonardo→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2013-10-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TRASTUS, Benvenuto→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2012-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SALTARI, Giovanni→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2012-02-17 · resigned 2013-09-12
SHAH, Ela→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2012-02-17 · resigned 2012-02-17
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Recent filings (44 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-06-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-06-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-18