BAR ALDO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC312643 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-28
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£20.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 62). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.9y

30/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £20,627
Net assets shrinking
Down £196,831 YoY
Cash YoY
+70%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↑ 70% YoY
Net Worth
£21k
↓ 91% YoY
Current Assets
£423k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£97k£193k£290k£386k£483kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£59.6k£286.7k
Current assets£423.2k£482.7k
Cash£6.0k£3.5k
Debtors£417.2k£466.6k
Net assets£20.6k£217.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  2. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2022-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-14
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2021-01-14
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    Charge satisfied #2
  10. 2021-01-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2021-01-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2020-12-23
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Atom Bank PLC
  13. 2020-12-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Atom Bank PLC
  14. 2020-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2017-11-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2017-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2015-02-28
    ➕
    PIA, Florinda appointed
    director
  21. 2015-02-28
    ➖
    PIA, Florinda resigned
    director
  22. 2011-08-03
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2007-07-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 2006-11-28
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    Company incorporated
    As BAR ALDO LIMITED
  25. 2006-11-28
    ➕
    PIA, Florinda appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-11-28
    ➕
    PIA, Aldo appointed
    director
  27. 2006-11-28
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2006-11-28
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2006-11-28
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2006-11-28
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Florinda Pia
Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/10/2017
Mr Aldo Pia
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-11-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

9 Coalgate
Alloa
FK10 1EH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PIA, Florinda→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-28
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Active
PIA, Aldo→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-11-28
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-28 · resigned 2006-11-28
Resigned
PIA, Florinda→
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-02-28 · resigned 2015-02-28
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-11-28 · resigned 2006-11-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Atom Bank
Atom Bank PLC
A registered charge—23/12/2020—
satisfied
Atom Bank
Atom Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property07/12/202014/01/2021
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property31/07/200703/08/2011
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Recent filings (59 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-01-08