MARCOZ LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC778734 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-10
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 · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
50/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed admin-neglect survivor — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 50/100 (worth a look), bankability 40/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
50/100Worth 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
46
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-01-26
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  2. 2024-10-14
    📍
    default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
    address · RP10
  3. 2024-10-14
    📍
    default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
    address · RP09
  4. 2024-10-14
    📍
    default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
    address · RP05
  5. 2023-08-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MARCOZ LIMITED
  6. 2023-08-10
    VARLAN, Marcela appointed
    director
  7. 2023-08-10
    📄
    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

2 high · 1 low
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: 2025-05-10

Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2024-08-23

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Marcela Varlan
Individual · Romanian · DOB 06/1971 · age 55
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

SC778734 - COMPANIES HOUSE DEFAULT ADDRESS
Edinburgh
EH7 9HR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-05-10OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2024-08-23OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

VARLAN, Marcela
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-08-10
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Recent filings (5 total)

dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2025-01-26
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
address · RP10
2024-10-14
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2024-10-14
default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
address · RP05
2024-10-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-10