ROLLO'S CAFE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC340865 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-04
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 13.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£22.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 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 £22,073
Cash YoY
+61%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£72k
↑ 61% YoY
Net Worth
£22k
↑ 10882% YoY
Current Assets
£105k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£21k£42k£63k£84k£105kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£122.3k£117.6k
Current assets£104.8k£80.9k
Cash£72.2k£45.0k
Debtors£18.9k£18.7k
Net assets£22.1k£201

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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-11-15
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  3. 2024-01-17
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  4. 2023-03-21
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  5. 2022-03-31
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  6. 2021-03-04
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    address · AD01
  7. 2021-02-17
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-14
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  9. 2018-12-26
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  10. 2017-12-04
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  11. 2017-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2017-04-07
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    officers · CH03
  13. 2017-04-07
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2016-12-04
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  15. 2016-04-13
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  16. 2012-12-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2008-04-07
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    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2008-04-07
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    CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
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  19. 2008-04-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ROLLO'S CAFE LIMITED
  20. 2008-04-04
    ➕
    ROLLO, Carol appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-04-04
    ➕
    ROLLO, Carol appointed
    director
  22. 2008-04-04
    ➕
    ROLLO, Mark appointed
    director
  23. 2008-04-04
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-04-04
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ROLLO" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Carol Rollo
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016
Mr Mark Rollo
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2008-04-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

47/49 Abbeygreen
Lesmahagow
Lanark
ML11 0EF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-05
Last: 2026-04-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ROLLO, Carol→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-04
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Active
ROLLO, Carol→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-04-04
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Active
ROLLO, Mark→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-04-04
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Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-04-04 · resigned 2008-04-07
Resigned
CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-04-04 · resigned 2008-04-07
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
Floating charge1 property17/12/2012—
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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-14