CICORIA LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC806326 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-09
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£-5.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
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 £5,417

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£5k
Current Assets
£8k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£-5.4k
Current assets£7.9k
Net assets£-5.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-04-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-03-03
    PROVARONI, Serena appointed
    director
  5. 2025-03-03
    RAUS, Mirella resigned
    director
  6. 2025-03-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-03-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-07-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-04-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CICORIA LIMITED
  10. 2024-04-09
    RAUS, Mirella appointed
    director
  11. 2024-04-09
    📄
    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 2.0 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

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Serena Provaroni
Individual · Italian · DOB 07/1985 · age 41
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/03/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Mirella Rausceased 03/03/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-04-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

60 Constitution Street Leith
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH6 6RR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

PROVARONI, Serena
director · ~41y · appointed 2025-03-03
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Active
RAUS, Mirella
director · ~66y · appointed 2024-04-09 · resigned 2025-03-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-09