BILO TAKEAWAY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive

SC811114 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-21

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 closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.

· Lifecycle stage: startup → early
· Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
· Bankability: 65 → 70

What changed my view

Last 30 days

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

·Lifecycle stage: startup → early
·Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
↑Bankability: 65 → 70

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 May 2025

Net worth

£255

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

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 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

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

4 filings

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 £255

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£255

Current Assets

£514

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31
Total assets	£514
Current assets	£514
Net assets	£255

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand

2026-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-02
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-21
🏢
Company incorporated
As BILO TAKEAWAY LTD
2024-05-21
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KARAYILAN, Bulent appointed
director
2024-05-21
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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 2.1 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Bulent Karayilan Individual · Turkish · DOB 06/1978 · age 48	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	21/05/2024

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

Incorporated2024-05-21

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

48c Glasgow Road

Paisley

PA1 3PW

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-03

Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KARAYILAN, Bulent→

director · ~48y · appointed 2024-05-21

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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-02-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-11

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-04-02

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2024-05-21