U-ROAST LIMITED
- 47990Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
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 (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £405.0k |
| Current assets | — | £504.7k |
| Cash | — | £122.6k |
| Debtors | — | £344.8k |
| Net assets | — | £372.0k |
| Average employees | 5 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-06-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-03-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2019-03-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-02-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-02-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-04-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-datepersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-04-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-10-18➕SKAPI, Ilirjan appointeddirector
- 2017-01-30🏢Company incorporatedAs U-ROAST LIMITED
- 2017-01-30➕GIAMBASTIANI, Marco appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Giambastiani Holdings Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Giambastiani Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/03/2019 |
Mr Ilirjan Skapi Individual · Albanian · DOB 10/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 18/10/2017 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Marco Nello Giambastianiceased 06/03/2019· 25-50% shares
- Giambastiani Holdings Limitedceased 29/01/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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