DINO'S RADIO CAFE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC762266 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-14
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 Mar 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
52/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10520
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Admin-neglect survivor. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 52/100 (worth a look), bankability 40/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: family or management succession (50/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
52/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
35
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-03-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2023-08-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2023-08-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-08-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-08-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-03-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DINO'S RADIO CAFE LTD
  7. 2023-03-14
    GIARCHI, Fiona appointed
    director
  8. 2023-03-14
    GIARCHI, Karl appointed
    director
  9. 2023-03-14
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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.

Red flags

2 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-27

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Karl Giarchi
Individual · British · DOB 05/1971 · age 55
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/03/2023
Mrs Fiona Giarchi
Individual · British · DOB 04/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/03/2023

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
Incorporated2023-03-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10520 — SIC 10520

Registered office

32 West Clyde Street
Helensburgh
Dunbartonshire
G84 8AW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-03-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-27OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GIARCHI, Fiona
director · ~47y · appointed 2023-03-14
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Active
GIARCHI, Karl
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-03-14
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-03-14