CITY BURGERGRILL LTD

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SC826888 · ltd · incorporated 2024-10-24
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
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: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-21
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-01-13
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2024-11-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-10-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CITY BURGERGRILL LTD
  5. 2024-10-24
    SOHBAT, Donia appointed
    director
  6. 2024-10-24
    📄
    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 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 1.5 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 58. 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Donia Sohbat
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/10/2024

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
Incorporated2024-10-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

325 Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
G2 3HW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SOHBAT, Donia
director · ~58y · appointed 2024-10-24
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Recent filings (5 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-01-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-10-24