SWSTREETFOOD LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC672371 · ltd · incorporated 2020-08-27
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (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, 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees-300-400

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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-04
    DEVLIN, Rachael appointed
    director
  2. 2025-04-04
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-04-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-04-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-04-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-01-25
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2023-10-28
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2023-10-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-08-29
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2023-06-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2023-02-15
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2022-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-08-31
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2022-08-30
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  17. 2021-12-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-06-10
    CARROLL, Alana resigned
    director
  19. 2021-06-10
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2021-06-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2020-09-23
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2020-08-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As SWSTREETFOOD LTD
  23. 2020-08-27
    DEVLIN, John appointed
    director
  24. 2020-08-27
    CARROLL, Alana appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Rachael Devlin
Individual · British · DOB 09/1996 · age 30
75100%
75-100% shares04/04/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr John Devlinceased 04/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Miss Alana Carrollceased 10/06/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2020-08-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

82 Elphinstone Crescent
East Kilbride
Glasgow
G75 0PW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-09
Last: 2025-05-26

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DEVLIN, John
director · ~38y · appointed 2020-08-27
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Active
DEVLIN, Rachael
director · ~30y · appointed 2025-04-04
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Active
CARROLL, Alana
director · ~30y · appointed 2020-08-27 · resigned 2021-06-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-01-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-26
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-08-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-20