ENF HAVEN CAFE LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC775966 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-17
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 2025
Net worth
£-6.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £6,848

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
Net Worth
-£7k
Current Assets
£5k
Current Liabilities
-£7k-£4k-£2k£349£3k£5kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-6.8k
Current assets£5.1k
Cash£2.9k
Net assets£-6.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-16
    MURRAY, Norma Margaret resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-08-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2025-07-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-07-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-07-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-07-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-07-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-07-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2024-07-15
    MACLEOD, Thomas Ruaraidh appointed
    director
  13. 2024-07-15
    MURRAY, Norma Margaret appointed
    director
  14. 2023-12-07
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2023-08-15
    STEWART, Iain Campbell resigned
    director
  16. 2023-07-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ENF HAVEN CAFE LIMITED
  17. 2023-07-17
    CULLEY, Fiona Margaret appointed
    director
  18. 2023-07-17
    STEWART, Iain Campbell appointed
    director
  19. 2023-07-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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.)

Group structure

Elsie Normington Foundation is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Elsie Normington Foundation
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ENF HAVEN CAFE LIMITED
This company · SC775966

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Elsie Normington Foundation
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/09/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Miss Fiona Margaret Culleyceased 01/09/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Mr Iain Campbell Stewartceased 15/08/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2023-07-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

9 Ardross Street
Inverness
Highland
IV3 5NN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CULLEY, Fiona Margaret
director · ~51y · appointed 2023-07-17
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Active
MACLEOD, Thomas Ruaraidh
director · ~53y · appointed 2024-07-15
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Active
MURRAY, Norma Margaret
director · ~70y · appointed 2024-07-15 · resigned 2026-02-16
Resigned
STEWART, Iain Campbell
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-07-17 · resigned 2023-08-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-18
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-17