CAFE ANDALUZ LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC103555 · ltd · incorporated 1987-03-05
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). 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: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
97 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-272024-04-28
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2022-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-03-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2021-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2017-12-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2017-06-14
    CONETTA, Guiseppe Antonio resigned
    director
  16. 2017-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 1987-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As CAFE ANDALUZ LIMITED

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 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Antonio Guiseppe Frederico Conetta
Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/02/2021
Mr Mario Luigi Gizzi
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Guiseppe Antonio Conettaceased 14/06/2017· 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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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-03-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

C/O Consilium Chartered Accountants
169 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 2LB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-27
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GIZZI, Mario Luigi
secretary
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Active
GIZZI, Mario Luigi
director · ~67y
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Active
CONETTA, Guiseppe Antonio
director · ~81y · resigned 2017-06-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (97 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03