O.C.O. WEST END LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC216552 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-08
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 24.0y
45/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSC data returned
40
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £3,986,530
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £3.99M | £3.50M |
| Average employees | 46200 | 41800 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
8
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-19📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-02-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-02-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-01-27📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-01-27📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-01-24🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2023-10-25➕HAMILTON, Jolene appointeddirector
- 2023-10-25➕HAY, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2023-10-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2013-08-20🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2013-04-05🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2013-01-19🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2010-03-13🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2009-11-09🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2006-09-21🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2006-03-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2003-11-10➕O'HARA, Elaine Samantha appointedsecretary
- 2003-11-10➖KAYE, David Stanley resignedsecretary
- 2002-05-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2001-03-08🏢Company incorporatedAs O.C.O. WEST END LIMITED
- 2001-03-08➕O'HARA, James Joseph appointeddirector
- 2001-03-08➕KAYE, David Stanley appointedsecretary
- 2001-03-08➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-03-08➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-03-08➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-03-08➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
60/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-03-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Registered office
Pavillion 3 12 Marchburn Drive
Glasgow Airport Business Park
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA3 2SJ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
O'HARA, Elaine Samantha→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HAMILTON, Jolene→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2023-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'HARA, James Joseph→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2001-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KAYE, David Stanley→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-03-08 · resigned 2003-11-10
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-08 · resigned 2001-03-08
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-08 · resigned 2001-03-08
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/08/2013 | 24/01/2024 | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 05/04/2013 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 09/11/2009 | 19/01/2013 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 22/03/2006 | 13/03/2010 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 17/05/2002 | 21/09/2006 |
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Recent filings (98 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-01-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-25