P.E.M. (KIRKCALDY) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC171947 · ltd · incorporated 1997-01-31
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 28.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 28.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees17002400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-05
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2024-11-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2024-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-06
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    CITRO, Amodio appointed
    secretary
  7. 2023-02-06
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    MACIOCIA, Albert resigned
    secretary
  8. 2023-02-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-02-06
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    officers · AP03
  10. 2023-02-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2022-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-09-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-01-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2021-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 1998-07-31
    ➕
    CITRO, Antonio appointed
    director
  21. 1998-07-31
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    MCGONIGAL, Eva Maria Piiera resigned
    director
  22. 1997-06-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  23. 1997-02-20
    ➕
    MACIOCIA, Paola Nadia appointed
    director
  24. 1997-02-20
    ➕
    MACIOCIA, Albert appointed
    secretary
  25. 1997-02-20
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1997-02-20
    ➕
    MCGONIGAL, Eva Maria Piiera appointed
    director
  27. 1997-02-20
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1997-01-31
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    Company incorporated
    As P.E.M. (KIRKCALDY) LIMITED
  29. 1997-01-31
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1997-01-31
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Paola Nadia Maciocia
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Antonio Citro
Individual · Italian · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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6 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
Incorporated1997-01-31
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Pane E Vino
3 Hunter Street
Kirkcaldy
Fife
KY1 1ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

CITRO, Amodio→
secretary · appointed 2023-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CITRO, Antonio→
director · ~62y · appointed 1998-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACIOCIA, Paola Nadia→
director · ~59y · appointed 1997-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACIOCIA, Albert→
secretary · appointed 1997-02-20 · resigned 2023-02-06
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-01-31 · resigned 1997-02-20
Resigned
MCGONIGAL, Eva Maria Piiera→
director · ~61y · appointed 1997-02-20 · resigned 1998-07-31
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-01-31 · resigned 1997-02-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property23/06/199705/11/2024

Recent filings (87 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-06
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-02-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-02-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28