AN CLACHAN CAFE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC313545 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-15

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 17.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£45.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

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. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 17.8y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 17.8 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: 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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

51 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 £44,952

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£45k

↑ 19% YoY

Current Assets

£1k

↓ 59% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£25.7k	£18.5k
Current assets	£1.2k	£3.0k
Net assets	£45.0k	£37.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2006-12-18
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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2006-12-18
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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2006-12-15
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Company incorporated
As AN CLACHAN CAFE LIMITED
2006-12-15
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PILKINGTON, Gary appointed
secretary
2006-12-15
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MCGINLEY, Barbara Ann appointed
director
2006-12-15
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PILKINGTON, Gary appointed
director
2006-12-15
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
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2006-12-15
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Barbara Ann Mcginley Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Gary Pilkington Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59	25–50%	—	25-50% 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

Incorporated2006-12-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

An Clachan Cafe

Kelvingrove Park

Glasgow

G3 7LH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-29

Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PILKINGTON, Gary→

secretary · appointed 2006-12-15

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Active

MCGINLEY, Barbara Ann→

director · ~58y · appointed 2006-12-15

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Active

PILKINGTON, Gary→

director · ~59y · appointed 2006-12-15

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Active

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-12-15 · resigned 2006-12-18

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→

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Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	25/06/2008	—

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