PLOV MAKERS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC780534 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-28
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£-10.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 69/100 (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: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
69/100Strong
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
82
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 £10,513
Very low cash
Cash position: £64

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£64
Net Worth
-£11k
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-31
Total assets£-10.5k
Cash£64
Net assets£-10.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-06-04
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-06-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-08-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As PLOV MAKERS LIMITED
  7. 2023-08-28
    SAPAROVA, Zhanna appointed
    director
  8. 2023-08-28
    📄
    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 2.7 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 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Zhanna Saparova
Individual · British · DOB 01/1985 · age 41
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control28/08/2023
Mr Mariusz Brodowski-Hallmann
Individual · Polish · DOB 10/1991 · age 35
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/09/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

5 Carden Place
Aberdeen
AB10 1UT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-17
Last: 2025-06-03

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SAPAROVA, Zhanna
director · ~41y · appointed 2023-08-28
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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-28