NICO'S PIZZERIA SCOTLAND LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC508830 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-19
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-20.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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, 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £20,150

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£20k
↓ 135% YoY
Current Assets
£500
↓ 79% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£20k-£16k-£11k-£7k-£2k£2kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-15.0k£-2.4k
Current assets£500£2.4k
Net assets£-20.1k£-8.6k

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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  2. 2024-11-19
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  3. 2023-10-12
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  4. 2022-12-19
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  5. 2021-12-20
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  6. 2021-01-18
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  7. 2019-09-16
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  8. 2018-12-18
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  9. 2017-07-18
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  10. 2016-12-13
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  11. 2015-07-09
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  12. 2015-07-09
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  13. 2015-07-09
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  15. 2015-07-09
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  16. 2015-06-19
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    Company incorporated
    As NICO'S PIZZERIA SCOTLAND LTD
  17. 2015-06-19
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    CANATA, Nicholas appointed
    secretary
  18. 2015-06-19
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    CANATA, Nicholas appointed
    director
  19. 2015-06-19
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    BLACK, Marion appointed
    director
  20. 2015-06-19
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    BLACK, Marion 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

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas Canata
Individual · British · DOB 07/1993 · age 33
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence09/07/2016

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
Incorporated2015-06-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

Ivybank
Main Street
Inverkip
Renfrewshire
PA16 0AT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23
Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CANATA, Nicholas→
secretary · appointed 2015-06-19
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Active
CANATA, Nicholas→
director · ~33y · appointed 2015-06-19
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Active
BLACK, Marion→
director · ~77y · appointed 2015-06-19 · resigned 2015-06-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

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2025-12-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
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2024-11-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-24
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2023-10-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2022-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2021-01-18
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2020-07-22
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2019-09-16
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2019-07-25
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accounts · AA
2018-12-18