PLATFORM 5 CAFE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC667566 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-15

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£-64.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

11 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

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 · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £64,241

Cash YoY

-29%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1k

↓ 29% YoY

Net Worth

-£64k

↓ 70% YoY

Current Assets

£5k

↓ 30% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£-64.2k	£-37.9k
Current assets	£5.5k	£7.8k
Cash	£1.2k	£1.7k
Debtors	—	£1.2k
Net assets	£-64.2k	£-37.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand

2026-04-07
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2025-04-24
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2024-05-27
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2023-05-02
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2022-04-19
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2020-07-15
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Company incorporated
As PLATFORM 5 CAFE LTD
2020-07-15
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DARLEY, David Robert appointed
director
2020-07-15
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HAMILTON, Lauren appointed
director
2020-07-15
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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 6 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

clean

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Robert Darley Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	15/07/2020
Miss Lauren Hamilton Individual · British · DOB 01/1989 · age 37	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	15/07/2020

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

Incorporated2020-07-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

Post Office The Square

Station Road, Maud

Peterhead

Aberdeenshire

AB42 5LY

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-28

Last: 2025-07-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DARLEY, David Robert→

director · ~58y · appointed 2020-07-15

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HAMILTON, Lauren→

director · ~37y · appointed 2020-07-15

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