MOCHEF LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC545354 · ltd · incorporated 2016-09-14
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Opportunity
77/100
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
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

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Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-27
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  3. 2023-06-29
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  4. 2022-06-23
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  5. 2021-06-30
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  6. 2020-06-16
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  7. 2019-06-25
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  8. 2018-06-11
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  9. 2016-09-21
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  10. 2016-09-21
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  11. 2016-09-20
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  12. 2016-09-20
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  13. 2016-09-20
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  14. 2016-09-14
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    Company incorporated
    As MOCHEF LIMITED
  15. 2016-09-14
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    JEMMA RAPALLINI, Monica appointed
    director
  16. 2016-09-14
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    MARIA RAPALLINI, Anna appointed
    director
  17. 2016-09-14
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Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Monica Rapallini
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/09/2016
Miss Anna Rapallini
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/09/2016

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
Incorporated2016-09-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

7 Hippy Chippy
Broomlands Street
Paisley
PA1 2LS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-27
Last: 2025-09-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

JEMMA RAPALLINI, Monica→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-09-14
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Active
MARIA RAPALLINI, Anna→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-09-14
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Active

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Recent filings (23 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-09-13