THE LAROCH RESTAURANT & BAR LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC508350 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-15

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£124.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Licenced restaurants

Sector: Accommodation & food service

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

56302Public houses and bars

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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).

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £124,657

Net assets shrinking

Down £41,508 YoY

Cash YoY

-21%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£202k

↓ 21% YoY

Net Worth

£125k

↓ 25% YoY

Current Assets

£214k

↓ 20% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£125.6k	£167.8k
Current assets	£214.2k	£269.0k
Cash	£202.1k	£257.1k
Debtors	£49	£49
Net assets	£124.7k	£166.2k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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2025-03-28
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2024-03-27
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2023-02-17
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2022-02-03
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2021-06-28
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2020-08-24
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2020-08-24
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2020-03-20
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2019-03-27
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2018-10-12
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WHYTE, Patricia resigned
director
2018-10-12
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officers · TM01
2018-03-20
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2017-03-12
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2016-07-09
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2016-04-29
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2015-06-15
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Company incorporated
As THE LAROCH RESTAURANT & BAR LIMITED
2015-06-15
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DONALD, Allan appointed
director
2015-06-15
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WHYTE, Patricia appointed
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

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Eileen Ann Donald Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	31/05/2019
Mr Allan Donald Individual · British · DOB 10/1972 · age 54	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2015-06-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Loan

Fern

Ballachulish

Argyll

PH49 4JB

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-29

Last: 2025-06-15

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

DONALD, Allan→

director · ~54y · appointed 2015-06-15

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Active

WHYTE, Patricia→

director · ~58y · appointed 2015-06-15 · resigned 2018-10-12

Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-03-31

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-02-17

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-02-03

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-06-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-06-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-24

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2020-08-24

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2020-08-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-03-20