NAE LIMITS CAFE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC777619 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-01
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
70/100
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 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
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 £6,763
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,791 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£7k
↓ 758% YoY
Current Assets
£17k
↑ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£7k-£2k£3k£7k£12k£17kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£18.0k£13.6k
Current assets£16.6k£11.7k
Net assets£-6.8k£1.0k

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 (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-11
    LANZ, Meiko appointed
    director
  4. 2024-10-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-06-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-09-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-08-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-08-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NAE LIMITS CAFE LTD
  9. 2023-08-01
    MASON, Kate appointed
    director
  10. 2023-08-01
    STRANG, Dale James appointed
    director
  11. 2023-08-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Kate Mason
Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

Unit 1 Ballinluig
Pitlochry
PH9 0LG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LANZ, Meiko
director · ~32y · appointed 2024-10-11
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Active
MASON, Kate
director · ~56y · appointed 2023-08-01
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Active
STRANG, Dale James
director · ~36y · appointed 2023-08-01
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-06-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-01