CAFE DI LUCCA (KNARESBOROUGH) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

11331024 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-26

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

20 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	900	900

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

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3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-08-06
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2024-07-08
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2023-06-20
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2022-08-23
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2021-09-13
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2020-09-08
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2019-10-07
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accounts · AA
2018-10-30
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officers · AP01
2018-10-19
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GREEN, Nicholas John appointed
director
2018-07-04
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officers · TM01
2018-07-04
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2018-06-28
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GREEN, Richard resigned
director
2018-04-26
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Company incorporated
As CAFE DI LUCCA (KNARESBOROUGH) LIMITED
2018-04-26
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GREEN, Julie appointed
secretary
2018-04-26
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GREEN, Julie appointed
director
2018-04-26
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GREEN, Richard appointed
director
2018-04-26
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+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

56/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Julie Green Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	26/04/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Richard Greenceased 28/06/2018· 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

Incorporated2018-04-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

13 Bachelor Road

Harrogate

HG1 3EQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-15

Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

GREEN, Julie→

secretary · appointed 2018-04-26

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Active

GREEN, Julie→

director · ~66y · appointed 2018-04-26

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Active

GREEN, Nicholas John→

director · ~61y · appointed 2018-10-19

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Active

GREEN, Richard→

director · ~64y · appointed 2018-04-26 · resigned 2018-06-28

Resigned

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