LOTUS BLOSSOM CATERING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC586654 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-24
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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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 64/100 (worth a look), 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees600400

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
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  2. 2025-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2021-09-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2019-03-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-03-07
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2019-03-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-01-01
    MANOJ MATHEW, Donny appointed
    director
  15. 2019-01-01
    LAI, Peter resigned
    director
  16. 2018-01-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LOTUS BLOSSOM CATERING LIMITED
  17. 2018-01-24
    LAI, Peter appointed
    director
  18. 2018-01-24
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
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.

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: 2026-02-06

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Manoj Mathew Donny
Individual · Indian · DOB 10/1987 · age 39
75100%
75-100% shares31/12/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Peter Laiceased 11/02/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest

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
Incorporated2018-01-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

11 Dee Street
Aberdeen
AB11 6DY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-02-06OVERDUE
Last: 2025-01-23

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MANOJ MATHEW, Donny
director · ~39y · appointed 2019-01-01
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Active
LAI, Peter
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-01-24 · resigned 2019-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-05-22