ARTISAN ROAST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC327756 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-13
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10832
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees36003600

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

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2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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  2. 2025-02-19
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  3. 2023-12-19
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  4. 2023-01-10
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  5. 2022-03-02
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  6. 2021-03-11
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  7. 2019-11-04
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  8. 2018-11-13
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  9. 2017-12-18
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  10. 2017-01-13
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  11. 2016-04-29
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  12. 2015-07-29
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  13. 2015-01-19
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  14. 2014-08-13
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  15. 2014-08-13
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  16. 2014-01-01
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    PARDO HOPPE, Gustavo Adolfo appointed
    secretary
  17. 2014-01-01
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    WILSON, Michael Tshering John resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-07-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ARTISAN ROAST LIMITED
  19. 2007-07-13
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    PARDO HOPPE, Gustavo Adolfo appointed
    director
  20. 2007-07-13
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    WILSON, Michael Tshering John appointed
    director
  21. 2007-07-13
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    WILSON, Michael Tshering John appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gustavo Adolfo Pardo Hoppe
Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-07-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10832 — SIC 10832

Registered office

57 Broughton Street
Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 3RJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

PARDO HOPPE, Gustavo Adolfo→
secretary · appointed 2014-01-01
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PARDO HOPPE, Gustavo Adolfo→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-07-13
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Active
WILSON, Michael Tshering John→
director · ~49y · appointed 2007-07-13
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Active
WILSON, Michael Tshering John→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-13 · resigned 2014-01-01
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Recent filings (46 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
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accounts · AA
2021-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06
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2019-11-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-04
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accounts · AA
2018-11-13