ELIM K-GRILL HOUSE LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC617354 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-07
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56290Other food services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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, 2 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
28 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red 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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-02
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-12-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-11-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-10-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-10-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2024-10-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2024-10-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-04-25
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  13. 2022-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-10-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-10-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-01-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ELIM K-GRILL HOUSE LTD
  19. 2019-01-07
    CHO, Eunhee appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-12-02: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Eunhee Cho
Individual · South Korean · DOB 09/1977 · age 49
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/01/2019

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
Incorporated2019-01-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

6-8 Salisbury Place
Newington
Edinburgh
EH9 1SH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last: 2025-11-19

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CHO, Eunhee
director · ~49y · appointed 2019-01-07
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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-04-25