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.

Why now

Window closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 4 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 70 → 90
· Opportunity score: 68 → 76
· Bankability: 65 → 75
· Distress / opportunity: attractive → avoid

Opportunity decay

hardening · 6-months

Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.

· 4 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 4 positive signals vs 0 negative.

↑Opportunity score: 68 → 76
↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
↑Bankability: 65 → 75
↑Filings: 17 → 18
·Distress / opportunity: attractive → avoid

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.24M

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

18 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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 accounts

Cash

—

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.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-12-17
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accounts · AA
2024-10-04
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accounts · AA
2023-11-09
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accounts · AA
2022-12-19
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accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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accounts · AA
2020-12-01
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capital · SH02
2020-11-30
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-11-19
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MEDINELLI, Liliana resigned
director
2020-11-19
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officers · TM01
2020-10-05
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address · AD01
2020-08-28
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accounts · AA01
2020-08-22
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2020-04-22
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Company incorporated
As ESPLANADE CAFE LIMITED
2020-04-22
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MEDINELLI, Marco appointed
director
2020-04-22
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MEDINELLI, Massimo appointed
director
2020-04-22
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MEDINELLI, Nico appointed
director
2020-04-22
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MEDINELLI, Tania appointed
director
2020-04-22
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MEDINELLI, Liliana appointed
director
2020-04-22
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

56/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some 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 signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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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: 2027-05-05

Last: 2026-04-21

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

MEDINELLI, Marco→

director · ~62y · appointed 2020-04-22

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Active

MEDINELLI, Massimo→

director · ~32y · appointed 2020-04-22

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Active

MEDINELLI, Nico→

director · ~29y · appointed 2020-04-22

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Active

MEDINELLI, Tania→

director · ~60y · appointed 2020-04-22

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Active

MEDINELLI, Liliana→

director · ~94y · appointed 2020-04-22 · resigned 2020-11-19

Resigned

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