ESPLANADE CAFE LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
SC659775 · ltd · incorporated 2020-04-22
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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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.24M
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £1,235,788
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£1.2m
↑ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£339k
↑ 45% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.26M | £980.3k |
| Current assets | £339.5k | £234.7k |
| Cash | — | £220.0k |
| Debtors | — | £12.6k |
| Net assets | £1.24M | £965.5k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-01📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2020-11-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-11-19➖MEDINELLI, Liliana resigneddirector
- 2020-11-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-10-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-08-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-08-22📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-04-22🏢Company incorporatedAs ESPLANADE CAFE LIMITED
- 2020-04-22➕MEDINELLI, Marco appointeddirector
- 2020-04-22➕MEDINELLI, Massimo appointeddirector
- 2020-04-22➕MEDINELLI, Nico appointeddirector
- 2020-04-22➕MEDINELLI, Tania appointeddirector
- 2020-04-22➕MEDINELLI, Liliana appointeddirector
- 2020-04-22📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
56/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
🔒Co-director network graph
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-04-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Registered office
3 Campbell Street
Greenock
PA16 8AN
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-05
Last: 2025-04-21
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
MEDINELLI, Marco→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2020-04-22
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MEDINELLI, Massimo→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2020-04-22
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MEDINELLI, Nico→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2020-04-22
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MEDINELLI, Tania→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2020-04-22
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MEDINELLI, Liliana→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · appointed 2020-04-22 · resigned 2020-11-19
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Recent filings (17 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2020-12-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-11-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-05
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-08-28