VYVFRAGRANCE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC694395 · ltd · incorporated 2021-04-06
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
£-19.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20420
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46450SIC 46450
  • 47750Retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £19,276
Net assets shrinking
Down £34,585 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£19k
↓ 226% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£19k-£12k-£5k£1k£8k£15kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-15.0k£10.7k
Current assets£9.3k£11.3k
Net assets£-19.3k£15.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-01-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-12-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-06
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-04-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As VYVFRAGRANCE LTD
  9. 2021-04-06
    ➕
    CALGARO, Georgina Vivienne appointed
    secretary
  10. 2021-04-06
    ➕
    CALGARO, Georgina Vivienne appointed
    director
  11. 2021-04-06
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Anne Yvonne appointed
    director
  12. 2021-04-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Anne Yvonne Russell
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2021
Ms Georgina Vivienne Calgaro
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2021

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
Incorporated2021-04-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC20420 — SIC 20420

Registered office

6 Whites Weigh, 21 Station Road
Auchtermuchty
Cupar
Fife
KY14 7DP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CALGARO, Georgina Vivienne→
secretary · appointed 2021-04-06
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Active
CALGARO, Georgina Vivienne→
director · ~67y · appointed 2021-04-06
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Active
RUSSELL, Anne Yvonne→
director · ~64y · appointed 2021-04-06
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Active

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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-04-06