GIOVANNI ENTERPRISES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC250256 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-29
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£6.1k
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
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,119
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£6k
Current Assets
£304k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£61k£121k£182k£243k£304kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£329.5k—
Current assets£303.5k—
Net assets£6.1k—
Average employees—800

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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    PACITTI, Lorenzo Pasquale resigned
    secretary
  2. 2025-12-01
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    PACITTI, Giovanni resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-01
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    PACITTI, Maria Carmella resigned
    director
  4. 2025-12-01
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  5. 2025-12-01
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  7. 2025-06-24
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  8. 2024-09-30
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  9. 2023-05-30
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  10. 2023-05-24
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  11. 2023-03-16
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  12. 2022-06-30
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  13. 2021-06-29
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  14. 2020-07-30
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  15. 2019-06-27
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  16. 2018-06-28
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  17. 2018-06-04
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  18. 2018-06-04
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  19. 2018-05-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  20. 2015-04-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2015-04-21
    ➕
    PACITTI, Giovanni appointed
    director
  22. 2015-04-21
    ➕
    PACITTI, Maria Carmella appointed
    director
  23. 2003-05-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GIOVANNI ENTERPRISES LTD.
  24. 2003-05-29
    ➕
    PACITTI, Lorenzo Pasquale appointed
    director
  25. 2003-05-29
    ➕
    PACITTI, Mauro appointed
    director
  26. 2003-05-29
    ➕
    PACITTI, Lorenzo Pasquale appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-05-29
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-05-29
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2003-05-29
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2003-05-29
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2003-05-29
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2003-05-29
    ➖
    PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
    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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 med ·
3 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: PACITTI, Lorenzo Pasquale resigned 2025-12-01; PACITTI, Giovanni resigned 2025-12-01; PACITTI, Maria Carmella resigned 2025-12-01

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mauro Pacitti
Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Lorenzo Pasquale Pacitti
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-05-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47290 — Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Registered office

94 Northfield Broadway
Edinburgh
EH8 7RU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

PACITTI, Lorenzo Pasquale→
director · ~55y · appointed 2003-05-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PACITTI, Mauro→
director · ~54y · appointed 2003-05-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PACITTI, Lorenzo Pasquale→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-29 · resigned 2025-12-01
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-29 · resigned 2003-05-29
Resigned
PACITTI, Giovanni→
director · ~85y · appointed 2015-04-21 · resigned 2025-12-01
Resigned
PACITTI, Maria Carmella→
director · ~78y · appointed 2015-04-21 · resigned 2025-12-01
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-29 · resigned 2003-05-29
Resigned
PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-29 · resigned 2003-05-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—24/04/2015—
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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-10
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-12-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29