EH10CATERING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC224515 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-24

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

£-41.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £41,290

Cash YoY

-29%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2k

↓ 29% YoY

Net Worth

-£41k

↑ 6.2% YoY

Current Assets

£10k

↓ 23% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£-41.3k	£-44.0k
Current assets	£9.8k	£12.8k
Cash	£2.4k	£3.3k
Debtors	£2.4k	£3.8k
Net assets	£-41.3k	£-44.0k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

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2022-06-29
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2021-06-28
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2020-06-30
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2019-06-26
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2018-06-28
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2017-06-30
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2016-06-29
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2015-11-16
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2015-06-22
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2014-10-31
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2014-06-20
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2013-11-12
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2001-10-24
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Company incorporated
As EH10CATERING LIMITED
2001-10-24
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DENNISON, Elizabeth Patricia appointed
secretary
2001-10-24
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TORRIE, Sarah Gillian Dennison appointed
director
2001-10-24
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ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-10-24
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ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-10-24
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ACS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-10-24
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ACS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Sarah Torrie Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-10-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47290 — Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Registered office

156 Bruntsfield Place

Edinburgh

EH10 4ER

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-07

Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DENNISON, Elizabeth Patricia→

secretary · appointed 2001-10-24

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Active

TORRIE, Sarah Gillian Dennison→

director · ~51y · appointed 2001-10-24

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Active

ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-24 · resigned 2001-10-24

Resigned

ACS NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-24 · resigned 2001-10-24

Resigned

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