CYGNUS FOODS LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
SC840077 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-05
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
61/100
Worth a look
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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 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-03-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2025-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As CYGNUS FOODS LIMITED
  4. 2025-03-05
    HANEKOM, Willem Fredrik appointed
    director
  5. 2025-03-05
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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 1.1 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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-18

Group structure

Cygnus Olor Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cygnus Olor Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
CYGNUS FOODS LIMITED
This company · SC840077

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Cygnus Olor Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting19/11/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Willem Fredrik Hanekomceased 19/11/2025· 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
Incorporated2025-03-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Glenseaton Lodge Kettocks Mill Road
Bridge Of Don
Aberdeen
AB22 8LS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-18OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HANEKOM, Willem Fredrik
director · ~53y · appointed 2025-03-05
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Recent filings (3 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-05