MARIO TASTY CHIPPY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

SC783528 · ltd · incorporated 2023-09-22

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: 4 → 5

What changed my view

Last 30 days

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

↑Filings: 4 → 5

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£502

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

5 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £502

Net assets shrinking

Down £366 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£502

↓ 42% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↓ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£502	£868
Current assets	£2.5k	£3.2k
Net assets	£502	£868

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand

2026-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
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Company incorporated
As MARIO TASTY CHIPPY LTD
2023-09-22
➕
KAUR, Manjit appointed
director
2023-09-22
📄
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Manjit Kaur Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	22/09/2023

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

Incorporated2023-09-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

131 Finnart Street

Greenock

PA16 8HT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-05

Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KAUR, Manjit→

director · ~60y · appointed 2023-09-22

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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-06-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-05-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-08

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2023-09-22