OVENBIRD COFFEE ROASTERS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC475050 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-11
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 8.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2024
Net worth
£36.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10832
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.6y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
28 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
75
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 £36,768
Cash YoY
+262%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£17k
↑ 262% YoY
Net Worth
£37k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£45k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£20k£31k£41k£51kApr 2023Apr 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-04-302023-04-30
Total assets£65.6k£78.8k
Current assets£44.9k£51.0k
Cash£16.5k£4.6k
Debtors£15.3k£25.9k
Net assets£36.8k£30.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
    ➕
    GIAMBASTIANI, Nello Marco appointed
    director
  2. 2025-04-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-04-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-04-24
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  5. 2024-04-29
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  6. 2023-04-25
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-14
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2023-02-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2022-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-31
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  14. 2017-09-20
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    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2017-09-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Dsl Business Finance Limited
  16. 2016-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2016-01-04
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-04-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As OVENBIRD COFFEE ROASTERS LTD
  20. 2014-04-11
    ➕
    ANGELETTI, Davide appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
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 12 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Davide Angeleiti
Individual · Italian · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2014-04-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10832 — SIC 10832

Registered office

Stables
Blackwood Estate
Lanark
ML11 0JG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13
Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ANGELETTI, Davide→
director · ~56y · appointed 2014-04-11
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Active
GIAMBASTIANI, Nello Marco→
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-04-30
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Dsl Business Finance
Dsl Business Finance Limited
A registered charge—19/09/201714/02/2023

Recent filings (28 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-14