DELLOS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC259799 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-25
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£586
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 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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 £586
Cash YoY
+61%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
↑ 61% YoY
Net Worth
£586
↑ 2830% YoY
Current Assets
£59k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£12k£23k£35k£47k£59kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£2.3k£1.7k
Current assets£58.6k£41.5k
Cash£9.6k£6.0k
Debtors£41.6k£28.8k
Net assets£586£20

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-10-14
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  3. 2023-10-26
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  4. 2023-01-31
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  5. 2022-01-21
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  6. 2021-01-19
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  7. 2019-09-11
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  8. 2018-10-31
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  9. 2017-10-26
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  10. 2016-09-13
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  11. 2015-12-02
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  12. 2015-10-19
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  13. 2014-12-22
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  14. 2014-06-18
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  15. 2013-12-10
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  16. 2003-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As DELLOS LIMITED
  17. 2003-11-25
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    DEL VECCHIO, Renato appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-11-25
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    DEL VECCHIO, Angela appointed
    director
  19. 2003-11-25
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    DEL VECCHIO, Catherine appointed
    director
  20. 2003-11-25
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    DEL VECCHIO, Renato appointed
    director
  21. 2003-11-25
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-11-25
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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  23. 2003-11-25
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-11-25
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Catherine Del Vecchio
Individual · British · DOB 05/1942 · age 84
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Angela Del Vecchio
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mr Renato Antonio Del Vecchio
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2003-11-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

Radleigh House
1 Golf Road
Clarkston
Glasgow
G76 7HU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

DEL VECCHIO, Renato→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEL VECCHIO, Angela→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-11-25
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Active
DEL VECCHIO, Catherine→
director · ~84y · appointed 2003-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEL VECCHIO, Renato→
director · ~64y · appointed 2003-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-25 · resigned 2003-11-25
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-25 · resigned 2003-11-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-10