CARBRAIN LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC392911 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-04
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
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.4y

30/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.4 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees100100

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
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-02-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-19
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2017-06-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  14. 2017-06-15
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2017-06-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  16. 2017-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-11-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  19. 2012-07-10
    ➕
    PANESAR, Roop appointed
    director
  20. 2012-07-10
    ➖
    COBB, Vincent resigned
    director
  21. 2011-02-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CARBRAIN LTD.
  22. 2011-02-04
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2011-02-04
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2011-02-04
    ➕
    COBB, Vincent appointed
    director
  25. 2011-02-04
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  26. 2011-02-04
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Roop Panesar
Individual · British · DOB 09/1977 · age 49
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-02-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

25 Daisy Street
Glasgow
G42 8JN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

PANESAR, Roop→
director · ~49y · appointed 2012-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-02-04 · resigned 2011-02-04
Resigned
COBB, Vincent→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-02-04 · resigned 2012-07-10
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-02-04 · resigned 2011-02-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—01/06/2017—
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge1 property26/11/201319/06/2017
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Recent filings (46 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-30