CHULO'S EDINBURGH LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC758440 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-10
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£3.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed retail with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,333
Net assets shrinking
Down £21,437 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 87% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£7k£14k£20k£27k£34kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£3.9k£25.2k
Current assets£17.0k£33.9k
Net assets£3.3k£24.8k

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.

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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 (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-08-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHULO'S EDINBURGH LTD
  5. 2023-02-10
    PATERSON, Rebecca Eilidh appointed
    director
  6. 2023-02-10
    RANKIN, Jordan appointed
    director
  7. 2023-02-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-23

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jordan Rankin
Individual · British · DOB 06/1995 · age 31
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control10/02/2023
Miss Rebecca Eilidh Paterson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1995 · age 31
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control10/02/2023

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
Incorporated2023-02-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47240 — Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores

Registered office

35 Unit 91 Morris Park
35 Rosyth Road
Glasgow
G5 0YE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-02-23OVERDUE
Last: 2025-02-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PATERSON, Rebecca Eilidh
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-02-10
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Active
RANKIN, Jordan
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-02-10
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-02-10