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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 6 → 8
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 68
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£3.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

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 (76/100)

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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 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

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-02
    📄
    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  2. 2026-05-26
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-11-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-14
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-08-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHULO'S EDINBURGH LTD
  7. 2023-02-10
    PATERSON, Rebecca Eilidh appointed
    director
  8. 2023-02-10
    RANKIN, Jordan appointed
    director
  9. 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.

Similar companies

Active · Retail · G postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
OPTICAL EXPRESS (GYLE) LIMITED
SC150432 · est 1994
£10.52M
£7.89M£13.15M
830032y8558y
AFFORDABLE GOLF LTD.
SC350505 · est 2008
£3.72M
£2.79M£4.65M
530017y8763y
ABBEY CHEMISTS LTD
SC323221 · est 2007
390019y8367y
APPLE HEALTHCARE EDINBURGH LTD
SC339804 · est 2008
£425.4k18y8358y
CAMERON INTERIORS LIMITED
SC069523 · est 1979
£227.8k46y8358y
CATHERINE'S OF PARTICK LIMITED
SC099085 · est 1986
£1.48M40y8378y
DUNCAN YACHT CHANDLERS LIMITED
SC265044 · est 2004
50022y8360y
HELENSBURGH FLOORPLAN (1983) LIMITED
SC083345 · est 1983
1443y8377y
HUNTER FURNISHINGS LIMITED
SC295684 · est 2006
£846.0k20y8384y
ITALIAN AROMA COFFEE LIMITED
SC139395 · est 1992
1133y8359y
LOMO INDUSTRIES LTD.
SC203510 · est 2000
£1.18M26y8358y
LOUD & CLEAR (EDINBURGH) LIMITED
SC197065 · est 1999
827y8361y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

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
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RANKIN, Jordan
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (8 total)

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2026-07-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-05-26
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