MEUCCI LTD

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SC517963 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-14
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
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (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: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£194£389£583£778£972Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£972
Current assets£1
Net assets£972

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-27
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2021-01-26
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2019-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-09
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2019-01-08
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2019-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MEUCCI LTD
  16. 2015-10-14
    CUCCHI, Franco Antonio appointed
    director
  17. 2015-10-14
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 Franco Antonio Cucchi
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
75100%
75-100% shares07/10/2016

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
Incorporated2015-10-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

2 Lanark Road
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH14 1TQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CUCCHI, Franco Antonio
director · ~56y · appointed 2015-10-14
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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-01
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-26
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-14