MARESCA LIMITED

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SC225954 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-04
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.6y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
85 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-28
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    address · AD01
  5. 2023-11-23
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    address · AD01
  6. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2019-12-10
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    capital · SH10
  11. 2019-12-10
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    capital · SH08
  12. 2019-12-10
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2019-12-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2019-11-19
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-11-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2018-12-19
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  18. 2018-09-24
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2011-08-01
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    GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2011-07-31
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    GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2007-12-17
    ➖
    MENNA, Francesco resigned
    director
  22. 2007-09-26
    ➖
    FASOLA, Dorothy May resigned
    director
  23. 2006-09-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  24. 2005-03-02
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    LEIPER, Rosalba Elena Fasola appointed
    director
  25. 2002-10-21
    ➕
    MENNA, Francesco appointed
    director
  26. 2001-12-04
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    Company incorporated
    As MARESCA LIMITED
  27. 2001-12-04
    ➕
    GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-12-04
    ➕
    FASOLA, Dorothy May appointed
    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 21 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Rosalba Elena Fasola Leiper
Individual · British · DOB 04/1983 · age 43
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Dorothy Fasolaceased 28/07/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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7 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
Incorporated2001-12-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

Amicable House
252 Union Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1TN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEIPER, Rosalba Elena Fasola→
director · ~43y · appointed 2005-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT SMITH LAW PRACTICE→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-04 · resigned 2011-07-31
Resigned
FASOLA, Dorothy May→
director · ~77y · appointed 2001-12-04 · resigned 2007-09-26
Resigned
MENNA, Francesco→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-10-21 · resigned 2007-12-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
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Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Floating charge1 property18/09/200624/09/2018

Recent filings (85 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-12-19