DELIVINO CRIEFF LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC297942 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-01
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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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 strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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: 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.0y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees13001800

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.

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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-08-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-07-01
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    BRADLEY, Francis Andrew resigned
    director
  6. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-06
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  10. 2021-03-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-03-23
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2020-10-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-10-13
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  14. 2020-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-02-01
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    BRADLEY, Francis Andrew appointed
    director
  16. 2019-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2006-04-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2006-03-20
    ➕
    STEWART, Nicola Tonie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-03-20
    ➕
    STEWART, James Miller appointed
    director
  22. 2006-03-01
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    Company incorporated
    As DELIVINO CRIEFF LTD
  23. 2006-03-01
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-03-01
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-03-01
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2006-03-01
    ➖
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • 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 20 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Miller Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 08/1973 · age 53
——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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-03-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

6 King Street
Crieff
PH7 3HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

STEWART, Nicola Tonie→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-20
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Active
STEWART, James Miller→
director · ~53y · appointed 2006-03-20
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Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-01 · resigned 2006-03-01
Resigned
BRADLEY, Francis Andrew→
director · ~48y · appointed 2020-02-01 · resigned 2024-07-01
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-01 · resigned 2006-03-01
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
Bond & floating charge1 property28/04/2006—
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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-23