COLOURED CAFE LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC505084 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-05
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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-£51k-£35k-£19k-£4k£12k£28kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets—£-20.0k
Current assets—£28.1k
Net assets—£-51.0k
Average employees900—

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-09-08
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  3. 2025-09-08
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  4. 2025-03-13
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    address · AD01
  5. 2025-03-13
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  6. 2025-03-13
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  7. 2025-03-13
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  8. 2025-03-13
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  9. 2025-03-13
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  10. 2025-03-13
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  11. 2025-03-13
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2025-02-06
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    ARUNDEL, Neil appointed
    director
  13. 2025-02-06
    ➕
    DE SWARTE, Daniel appointed
    director
  14. 2025-02-06
    ➕
    MACKIE, Craig appointed
    director
  15. 2025-02-06
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    BRAND, Maighan resigned
    director
  16. 2025-02-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2024-11-19
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  18. 2024-11-19
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  19. 2024-06-13
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  20. 2024-05-30
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  21. 2023-06-12
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  22. 2022-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  23. 2021-08-11
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    BRAND, Ewen resigned
    director
  24. 2021-08-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  25. 2015-05-05
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    Company incorporated
    As COLOURED CAFE LTD
  26. 2015-05-05
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    BRAND, Ewen appointed
    director
  27. 2015-05-05
    ➕
    BRAND, Maighan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Neil Gordon Arundel
Individual · British · DOB 09/1981 · age 45
25–50%
—25-50% shares13/03/2025
Mr Daniel De Swarte
Individual · British · DOB 09/1989 · age 37
25–50%
—25-50% shares13/03/2025
Mr Craig Mackie
Individual · British · DOB 07/1987 · age 39
25–50%
—25-50% shares13/03/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Ewan Brandceased 13/03/2025· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Maighan Brandceased 13/03/2025· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-05-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

10 Unwin Avenue
Rosyth
Dunfermline
KY11 2ZQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ARUNDEL, Neil→
director · ~45y · appointed 2025-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DE SWARTE, Daniel→
director · ~37y · appointed 2025-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKIE, Craig→
director · ~39y · appointed 2025-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRAND, Ewen→
director · ~47y · appointed 2015-05-05 · resigned 2021-08-11
Resigned
BRAND, Maighan→
director · ~43y · appointed 2015-05-05 · resigned 2025-02-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08