BRANDON TAKEAWAY LIMITED

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SC258599 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-03
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£38.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £38,068
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£37k
↓ 9.8% YoY
Net Worth
£38k
↑ 9.0% YoY
Current Assets
£59k
↓ 9.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£13k£26k£39k£52k£65kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£43.5k£47.0k
Current assets£58.8k£64.9k
Cash£37.0k£41.0k
Debtors£17.3k£19.3k
Net assets£38.1k£34.9k

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
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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  2. 2024-09-09
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  3. 2023-09-19
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  4. 2022-09-15
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  5. 2021-10-13
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  6. 2020-09-29
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  7. 2019-09-13
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  8. 2018-09-13
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  9. 2017-09-28
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  10. 2016-09-01
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  11. 2015-11-27
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  12. 2015-10-14
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  13. 2015-01-27
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  14. 2014-06-10
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  15. 2014-01-13
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  16. 2006-01-17
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    CAIRA, Riccardo Denato Domenico appointed
    secretary
  17. 2006-01-17
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    CAIRA, Domenico appointed
    director
  18. 2006-01-17
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    CAIRA, Domenico resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-01-17
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    CAIRA, Riccardo Denato Domenico resigned
    director
  20. 2004-02-28
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    CAIRA, Domenico resigned
    director
  21. 2003-12-11
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    CAIRA, June resigned
    director
  22. 2003-12-11
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    CAIRA, Riccardo Denato Domenico appointed
    director
  23. 2003-11-03
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    Company incorporated
    As BRANDON TAKEAWAY LIMITED
  24. 2003-11-03
    ➕
    CAIRA, Domenico appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-11-03
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-11-03
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2003-11-03
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    CAIRA, Domenico appointed
    director
  28. 2003-11-03
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    CAIRA, June 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Mr Domenico Caira
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/11/2016

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
Incorporated2003-11-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

3 Carfin Street
Motherwell
ML1 4JL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

CAIRA, Riccardo Denato Domenico→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-17
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Active
CAIRA, Domenico→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-01-17
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Active
CAIRA, Domenico→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2006-01-17
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2003-11-03
Resigned
CAIRA, Domenico→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2004-02-28
Resigned
CAIRA, June→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2003-12-11
Resigned
CAIRA, Riccardo Denato Domenico→
director · ~45y · appointed 2003-12-11 · resigned 2006-01-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2025-09-25
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2024-11-06
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2024-09-09
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2023-11-06
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2023-09-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-03
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2022-09-15
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2022-01-06
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2021-10-13
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2020-11-11
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2020-09-29
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2019-12-09
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accounts · AA
2019-09-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-22