NOMAD COOKS SCOTLAND LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC803357 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-18
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
£-22.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
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 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £22,740

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£23k
Current Assets
£190
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£-21.8k
Current assets£190
Net assets£-22.7k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-15
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2025-07-17
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2024-03-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As NOMAD COOKS SCOTLAND LTD
  5. 2024-03-18
    CLARKE, Ciaran Lister appointed
    director
  6. 2024-03-18
    MILLER, Lewis Robert appointed
    director
  7. 2024-03-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ciaran Lister Clarke
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1994 · age 32
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/03/2024
Mr Lewis Robert Miller
Individual · Scottish · DOB 06/1996 · age 30
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/03/2024

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
Incorporated2024-03-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

1/3 6 Brabloch Park
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA3 4QD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CLARKE, Ciaran Lister
director · ~32y · appointed 2024-03-18
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Active
MILLER, Lewis Robert
director · ~30y · appointed 2024-03-18
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-08-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-18