CHAN'S SZECHUAN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC303619 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-08

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£-34.2k

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

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £34,227

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£34k

↓ 105% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

↑ 95% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£-32.2k	£-15.4k
Current assets	£6.4k	£3.3k
Net assets	£-34.2k	£-16.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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2023-03-28
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2022-02-17
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2021-03-24
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2020-02-20
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2019-03-27
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2018-03-20
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accounts · AA
2017-08-22
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2017-02-17
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accounts · AA
2016-06-21
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2016-06-21
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2016-06-21
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officers · CH03
2016-01-26
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2015-06-17
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2006-06-08
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Company incorporated
As CHAN'S SZECHUAN LIMITED
2006-06-08
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CHAN, Fong Sam appointed
secretary
2006-06-08
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CHAN, Lo Mui appointed
director
2006-06-08
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
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2006-06-08
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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2006-06-08
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
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2006-06-08
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
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2006-06-08
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
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2006-06-08
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
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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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Lo Mui Chan Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-06-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

9 Royal Crescent

Glasgow

G3 7SP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last: 2025-05-17

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CHAN, Fong Sam→

secretary · appointed 2006-06-08

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Active

CHAN, Lo Mui→

director · ~63y · appointed 2006-06-08

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Active

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-06-08 · resigned 2006-06-08

Resigned

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-06-08 · resigned 2006-06-08

Resigned

PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-06-08 · resigned 2006-06-08

Resigned

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