DI MAGGIO'S PIZZERIAS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC147887 · ltd · incorporated 1993-12-06
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
80/100
Exceptional
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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 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
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
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-26
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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. 2021-12-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-12-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  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. 2017-12-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2017-12-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  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. 1994-09-20
    GIZZI, Mario Luigi appointed
    secretary
  18. 1994-09-20
    BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 1993-12-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DI MAGGIO'S PIZZERIAS LIMITED
  20. 1993-12-06
    GIZZI, Mario Luigi appointed
    director
  21. 1993-12-06
    BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1993-12-06
    CONETTA, Guiseppe Antonio appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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.)

Group structure

Di Maggio's Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Di Maggio's Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
DI MAGGIO'S PIZZERIAS LIMITED
This company · SC147887

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Di Maggio's Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Mario Luigi Gizzi
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Guiseppe Antonio Conettaceased 14/06/2017· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-12-06
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: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GIZZI, Mario Luigi
secretary · appointed 1994-09-20
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Active
GIZZI, Mario Luigi
director · ~67y · appointed 1993-12-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLP SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-12-06 · resigned 1994-09-20
Resigned
CONETTA, Guiseppe Antonio
director · ~81y · appointed 1993-12-06 · resigned 2017-06-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
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-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-10