O.C.O. WEST END LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC216552 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-08
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.
  • · Lifecycle stage: mature → growth
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Lifecycle stage: mature → growth
  • ·Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 24.1y

45/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.1 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: high (85/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
101 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.

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Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
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 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £4,980,521

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-232024-11-302023-11-30
Profit before tax£4.98M£3.99M£3.50M
Average employees4894620041800

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
11
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-06-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-06-04
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    O'HARA, Elaine Samantha appointed
    director
  4. 2026-05-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-03-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2026-03-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2026-02-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2026-02-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2026-02-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2026-01-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2026-01-27
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2025-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2024-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2024-01-24
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2024-01-24
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    Charge satisfied #5
  16. 2023-10-25
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    HAMILTON, Jolene appointed
    director
  17. 2023-10-25
    ➕
    HAY, Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2023-10-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2023-10-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2023-03-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  22. 2022-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  23. 2022-04-11
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  24. 2022-04-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  25. 2013-08-20
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  26. 2013-04-05
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  27. 2013-01-19
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    Charge satisfied #3
  28. 2010-03-13
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    Charge satisfied #2
  29. 2009-11-09
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  30. 2006-09-21
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    Charge satisfied #1
  31. 2006-03-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  32. 2003-11-10
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    O'HARA, Elaine Samantha appointed
    secretary
  33. 2003-11-10
    ➖
    KAYE, David Stanley resigned
    secretary
  34. 2002-05-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  35. 2001-03-08
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    Company incorporated
    As O.C.O. WEST END LIMITED
  36. 2001-03-08
    ➕
    O'HARA, James Joseph appointed
    director
  37. 2001-03-08
    ➕
    KAYE, David Stanley appointed
    secretary
  38. 2001-03-08
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 2001-03-08
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 2001-03-08
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  41. 2001-03-08
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

O.C.O. Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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O.C.O. Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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O.C.O. WEST END LIMITED
This company · SC216552

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
O.C.O. Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/01/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Elaine Samantha O'Haraceased 06/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr James Joseph O'Haraceased 06/01/2026· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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

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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
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: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-23
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

O'HARA, Elaine Samantha→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMILTON, Jolene→
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAY, Andrew→
director · ~39y · appointed 2023-10-25
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Active
O'HARA, Elaine Samantha→
director · ~51y · appointed 2026-06-04
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Active
O'HARA, James Joseph→
director · ~56y · appointed 2001-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAYE, David Stanley→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-08 · resigned 2003-11-10
Resigned
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-08 · resigned 2001-03-08
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-08 · resigned 2001-03-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property20/08/201324/01/2024
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property05/04/2013—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property09/11/200919/01/2013
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property22/03/200613/03/2010
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property17/05/200221/09/2006
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Recent filings (101 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-13
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