CRYSTAL VENTURES GLASGOW LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC803853 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-20
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: 9 → 10
What changed my view
Last 30 days
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.
- ↑Filings: 9 → 10
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£139.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.0y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £139,799
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£140k
Current Assets
£4
Current Liabilities
—
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £139.8k |
| Current assets | £4 |
| Net assets | £139.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-06-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2025-04-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-14➕ALTAF, Waqas appointeddirector
- 2025-04-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-03-20🏢Company incorporatedAs CRYSTAL VENTURES GLASGOW LTD
- 2024-03-20➕ALTAF, Asma appointeddirector
- 2024-03-20📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Waqas Altaf Individual · British · DOB 04/1994 · age 32 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 14/04/2025 |
Miss Asma Altaf Individual · British · DOB 09/1992 · age 34 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 20/03/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Active · Hospitality · G postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAFE ANDALUZ RESTAURANTS LIMITED→ SC390599 · est 2010 | £8.71M £6.53M–£10.88M | — | — | 298 | 15y | 87 | 67y |
| ENOTECA SCOTLAND LIMITED→ SC327283 · est 2007 | £8.47M £6.35M–£10.59M | — | — | 213 | 18y | 83 | 67y |
| AN CLACHAN CAFE LIMITED→ SC313545 · est 2006 | — | — | £45.0k | — | 19y | 83 | 59y |
| CRAIGENDMUIR LIMITED→ SC258280 · est 2003 | — | — | £1.34M | — | 22y | 83 | 60y |
| D'ARCY'S (GLASGOW) LIMITED→ SC264250 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | 83 | 64y |
| DANNY'S SNACKS LIMITED→ SC338593 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | 83 | 65y |
| DIXON ARMS (GLENROTHES) LIMITED→ SC325347 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | 83 | 64y |
| JOHN MACLAREN AND SONS LIMITED→ SC291419 · est 2005 | — | — | £6.6k | — | 20y | 83 | 72y |
| KINGSRIDGE CLEDDANS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP→ SC133036 · est 1991 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 34y | 83 | 87y |
| LA LANTERNA GLASGOW LTD→ SC274833 · est 2004 | — | — | — | 32 | 21y | 83 | 60y |
| LATHONES CARAVAN COMPANY LIMITED→ SC078119 · est 1982 | — | — | — | 0 | 44y | 83 | 68y |
| MATTHEW'S FOODS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→ SC210734 · est 2000 | — | — | £1.81M | — | 25y | 83 | 59y |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-03-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Registered office
153 Queen Street
First Floor Front
Glasgow
G1 3BJ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
Active
ALTAF, Waqas→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2025-04-14
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 25/06/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (10 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-20