LILY'S HORSEBOX CATERING LTD.

🏛️Establishedactive
SC569658 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-27
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.
Why now
Window opening · high confidence
More negotiable than before — 3 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 90 → 70
  • · Opportunity score: 77 → 69
  • · Bankability: 75 → 65
  • · Filings: 18 → 19
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 3 negative signals vs 1 positive.

  • Opportunity score: 7769
  • Hygiene score: 9070
  • Bankability: 7565
  • Filings: 1819
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-74.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via stalls and markets of food, beverages and tobacco products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56210Event catering activities
  • 56290Other food services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £74,685

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£75k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↑ 441% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£75k-£59k-£43k-£28k-£12k£4kJun 2023Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-302023-06-30
Total assets£-58.9k£-46.6k£-42.1k
Current assets£3.9k£728£837
Cash£837
Net assets£-74.7k£-64.8k£-65.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-04-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LILY'S HORSEBOX CATERING LTD.
  12. 2017-06-27
    FOX, Hannah Fiona appointed
    director
  13. 2017-06-27
    ROGER, Pauline Anne appointed
    director
  14. 2017-06-27
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 58 — 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

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-07-10

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Pauline Anne Roger
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting27/06/2017
Ms Hannah Fiona Fox
Individual · British · DOB 02/1977 · age 49
2550%
sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence · firm interest01/04/2025

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
Incorporated2017-06-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47810 — Retail sale via stalls and markets of food, beverages and tobacco products

Registered office

Nether Boghead
Finzean
Banchory
AB31 6LY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-10OVERDUE
Last: 2025-06-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FOX, Hannah Fiona
director · ~49y · appointed 2017-06-27
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ROGER, Pauline Anne
director · ~58y · appointed 2017-06-27
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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-30