D'NISI COFFEE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC276412 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-23

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 17.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£106.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Licenced restaurants

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), 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: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.7y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 17.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

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Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £106,211

Cash YoY

+52%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£8k

↑ 52% YoY

Net Worth

£106k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£410k

↓ 17% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£106.2k	£95.2k
Current assets	£410.3k	£492.4k
Cash	£8.1k	£5.3k
Debtors	£398.8k	£483.8k
Net assets	£106.2k	£95.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-02-26
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officers · TM01
2026-02-11
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MIDDLETON, Lesley resigned
director
2026-02-03
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officers · CH01
2026-01-13
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officers · AP01
2026-01-05
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TRAINER, Nikki Anne appointed
director
2025-12-11
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accounts · AA
2024-11-26
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2024-08-26
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2024-08-26
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2024-08-26
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officers · CH03
2024-08-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-21
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accounts · AA
2023-05-02
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officers · AP01
2023-05-01
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MIDDLETON, Lesley appointed
director
2022-12-12
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SUMAL, Lhyam resigned
director
2022-12-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-25
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accounts · AA
2022-07-08
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SUMAL, Lhyam appointed
director
2022-07-08
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officers · AP01
2022-04-01
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GIBB, Tamsin resigned
director
2022-04-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-29
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accounts · AA
2021-01-27
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accounts · AA
2019-12-27
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accounts · AA
2018-05-11
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GIBB, Tamsin appointed
director
2008-08-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-11-23
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Company incorporated
As D'NISI COFFEE COMPANY LIMITED
2004-11-23
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NEJAT, Denise appointed
secretary
2004-11-23
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NEJAT, Denise appointed
director
2004-11-23
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NEJAT, Haim appointed
director
2004-11-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-11-23
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Haim Nejat Individual · Israeli · DOB 01/1966 · age 60	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Denise Nejat Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-11-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

D'Nisi House

66 Quarry Street

Hamilton

ML3 7AU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-07

Last: 2025-11-23

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

NEJAT, Denise→

secretary · appointed 2004-11-23

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Active

NEJAT, Denise→

director · ~61y · appointed 2004-11-23

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Active

NEJAT, Haim→

director · ~60y · appointed 2004-11-23

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Active

TRAINER, Nikki Anne→

director · ~39y · appointed 2026-01-05

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-11-23 · resigned 2004-11-23

Resigned

GIBB, Tamsin→

director · ~56y · appointed 2018-05-11 · resigned 2022-04-01

Resigned

MIDDLETON, Lesley→

director · ~51y · appointed 2023-05-01 · resigned 2026-02-11

Resigned

SUMAL, Lhyam→

director · ~40y · appointed 2022-07-08 · resigned 2022-12-12

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	29/08/2008	—

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Recent filings (64 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-02-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-03

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-03

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2026-01-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-11-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-08-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-08-26

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2024-08-26

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-08-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-11-21

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-05-02

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2022-12-12