CASA MIA (DUMFRIES) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC254978 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-28
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees320043003200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-09-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-06-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-05-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-01-18
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  11. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-05-05
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-08-10
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    capital · SH01
  16. 2020-08-10
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  17. 2020-08-10
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  18. 2020-08-10
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  19. 2020-08-10
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  20. 2018-08-31
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    DUGMORE, Peter Fawcett resigned
    secretary
  21. 2018-03-21
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    DUGMORE, Peter Fawcett appointed
    secretary
  22. 2018-03-21
    ➖
    STAIRMAND, Colin Albert resigned
    secretary
  23. 2003-10-22
    ➖
    BAXTER, William resigned
    director
  24. 2003-08-28
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    Company incorporated
    As CASA MIA (DUMFRIES) LIMITED
  25. 2003-08-28
    ➕
    FUSCO, Michael Vincent appointed
    director
  26. 2003-08-28
    ➕
    STAIRMAND, Colin Albert appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-08-28
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2003-08-28
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2003-08-28
    ➕
    BAXTER, William appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Vincent Fusco
Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Lorna Stewart Fusco
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Colin Albert Stairmandceased 21/03/2018· significant influence

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
Incorporated2003-08-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

51 Newall Terrace
Dumfries
DG1 1LN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

FUSCO, Michael Vincent→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUGMORE, Peter Fawcett→
secretary · appointed 2018-03-21 · resigned 2018-08-31
Resigned
STAIRMAND, Colin Albert→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-28 · resigned 2018-03-21
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-28 · resigned 2003-08-28
Resigned
BAXTER, William→
director · ~84y · appointed 2003-08-28 · resigned 2003-10-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-22
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27