EMAN GEE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC777179 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-27
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: 12 → 16
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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

  • ↑Filings: 12 → 16
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-269.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56302Public houses and bars
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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 (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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 £269,111
Cash YoY
+70%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↑ 70% YoY
Net Worth
-£269k
↓ 145% YoY
Current Assets
£19k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£269k-£209k-£149k-£89k-£29k£31kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-93.7k£-34.6k
Current assets£19.0k£31.0k
Cash£8.5k£5.0k
Debtors£10.4k£26.0k
Net assets£-269.1k£-109.7k

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

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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
2
filings
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 dissolution
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 dissolution
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-08
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    dissolution-voluntary-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · SOAS(A)
  2. 2026-07-07
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  3. 2026-06-10
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  4. 2026-04-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-10-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-10-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-08-21
    ➖
    MCCREATH, Liam Gary resigned
    director
  8. 2025-08-21
    ➖
    STRATHMORE, Thomas John resigned
    director
  9. 2025-08-21
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2025-08-21
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2025-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2025-02-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2023-10-11
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2023-07-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As EMAN GEE LTD
  15. 2023-07-27
    ➕
    MACIVER, Andrew Steven appointed
    director
  16. 2023-07-27
    ➕
    MCCREATH, Liam Gary appointed
    director
  17. 2023-07-27
    ➕
    STRATHMORE, Thomas John appointed
    director
  18. 2023-07-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MCCREATH, Liam Gary resigned 2025-08-21; STRATHMORE, Thomas John resigned 2025-08-21

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Steven Maciver
Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1996 · age 30
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/07/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Thomas John Strathmoreceased 16/10/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Liam Gary Mccreathceased 11/10/2023· board control

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
Incorporated2023-07-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

C/O Mccreath Accountancy Phoenix House, Ground Floor Left,
Phoenix Business Park
Linwood
Renfrewshire
PA1 2BH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MACIVER, Andrew Steven→
director · ~30y · appointed 2023-07-27
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Active
MCCREATH, Liam Gary→
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-07-27 · resigned 2025-08-21
Resigned
STRATHMORE, Thomas John→
director · ~39y · appointed 2023-07-27 · resigned 2025-08-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (16 total)

dissolution-voluntary-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · SOAS(A)
2026-07-08
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-07-07
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-10-11