CAFE BOMBON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC384003 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-20
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2
Very low cash
Cash position: £2
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2
~ YoY
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£1£1£2£2Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£2£2
Cash£2£2
Net assets£2£2

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

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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-12
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  2. 2024-05-16
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  3. 2023-08-08
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  4. 2022-05-26
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  5. 2021-05-26
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  6. 2020-08-31
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  7. 2019-05-30
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  8. 2018-05-30
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  9. 2017-05-22
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  10. 2016-08-24
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  11. 2016-08-24
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  13. 2016-05-17
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  14. 2015-08-25
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  15. 2015-05-28
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  16. 2010-08-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CAFE BOMBON LIMITED
  17. 2010-08-20
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    DEXTER, Joanne Geraldine appointed
    secretary
  18. 2010-08-20
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    DEXTER, Alan David appointed
    director
  19. 2010-08-20
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    DEXTER, Joanne Geraldine appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 Joanne Geraldine Dexter
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Alan David Dexter
Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-08-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

6th Floor
Gordon Chambers 90 Mitchell Street
Glasgow
G1 3NQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DEXTER, Joanne Geraldine→
secretary · appointed 2010-08-20
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DEXTER, Alan David→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-08-20
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DEXTER, Joanne Geraldine→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-08-20
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Recent filings (35 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
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2025-05-12
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2024-10-01
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2024-05-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
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accounts · AA
2023-08-08
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2022-08-22
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2022-05-26
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2021-08-20
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2021-05-26
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accounts · AA
2020-08-31
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2020-08-24
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2019-08-22
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2019-05-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-08-20