GUIDI'S LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC533374 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-22

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 · medium confidence

Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.

· Filings: 22 → 24

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Filings: 22 → 24

Last 90 days

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

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£-295.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Licenced restaurants

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (86/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

24 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £295,913

Cash YoY

+60%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£62k

↑ 60% YoY

Net Worth

-£296k

↓ 30% YoY

Current Assets

£130k

↑ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£-295.9k	£-227.9k	£-131.4k
Current assets	£129.5k	£116.6k	£90.4k
Cash	£61.9k	£38.8k	£31.3k
Debtors	£7.5k	£21.1k	£11.4k
Net assets	£-295.9k	£-227.9k	£-153.3k

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

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2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand

2026-06-30
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2025-06-26
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2024-05-16
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2023-06-19
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accounts · AA
2022-11-03
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gazette · DISS40
2022-11-02
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accounts · AA
2022-09-10
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dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2022-08-30
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gazette · GAZ1
2021-06-23
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accounts · AA
2020-06-30
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2019-06-05
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2019-01-04
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2018-01-11
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2016-04-22
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Company incorporated
As GUIDI'S LTD
2016-04-22
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GUIDI, David Anthony appointed
director
2016-04-22
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GUIDI" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Anthony Guidi Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2016-04-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

4 North Guildry Street

Elgin

Morayshire

IV30 1JR

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-05

Last: 2026-04-21

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GUIDI, David Anthony→

director · ~70y · appointed 2016-04-22

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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-06-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-04

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

accounts · AA

2025-06-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-04-28

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

accounts · AA

2024-05-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-22

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

accounts · AA

2023-06-19

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-02

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2022-11-03

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

accounts · AA

2022-11-02

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended

dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)

2022-09-10

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2022-08-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-04-22

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

accounts · AA

2021-06-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-29