GOLDEN AMBAL LIMITED

⚰️Wound downliquidation
SC496592 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-03
Investment thesis
Company liquidation — not a live target.
Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.
Why risky: Not transactable.
Why now
Window opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 5 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Lifecycle stage: mature → wound-down
  • · Company status: active → liquidation
  • · Opportunity score: 55 → 37
  • · Bankability: 45 → 20
Opportunity decay
softening · 6-months
Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.
  • · 5 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 5 negative signals vs 0 positive.

  • Lifecycle stage: maturewound-down
  • Company status: activeliquidation
  • Deal-killer verdict: complicatednot-transactable
  • Opportunity score: 5537
  • Bankability: 4520
  • +1 more
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
year to Jun 2024
Net worth
£14.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
37/100
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed hospitality with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 37/100 (watch), bankability 20/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100). Current lenders should be on immediate intervention.

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
37/100Watch
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Not actionable now, but monitor — distressed, succession, or structural changes could flip this into a real opportunity.

Business quality
0
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
31
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £14,523

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£15k
↑ 4.9% YoY
Current Assets
£68k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£14k£27k£41k£54k£68kJun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30
Total assets£25.2k£29.6k
Current assets£68.0k£61.0k
Net assets£14.5k£13.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-05-06
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-03-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-04
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-01
    📄
    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  12. 2018-06-19
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2018-06-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-05-29
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2017-11-15
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2016-11-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-03-04
    CHEKKOTTU VEEDU RAJAN, Samkutty appointed
    director
  18. 2015-02-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As GOLDEN AMBAL LIMITED
  19. 2015-02-03
    THOPPIL, Koshy Pappachan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

3 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-17

Company in liquidation
high

Company is actively being wound up. Not a going concern.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Koshy Pappachan Thoppil
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest02/02/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusliquidation
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-02-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

8 Walker Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7LA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-03-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-02-17OVERDUE
Last: 2025-02-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHEKKOTTU VEEDU RAJAN, Samkutty
director · ~44y · appointed 2015-03-04
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THOPPIL, Koshy Pappachan
director · ~53y · appointed 2015-02-03
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Recent filings (28 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-06
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-17