ALIMANU LTD
💤Zombieactive
SC397287 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-07
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.9y
10/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 2.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £-1.3k |
| Current assets | — | £9.0k |
| Net assets | — | £-2.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-12-04➖KARAKAYA, Ahmet James resigneddirector
- 2023-09-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-05-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-05-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-12➕KARAKAYA, Ahmet James appointeddirector
- 2021-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-01➖CHANTEAU, Emmanuel resigneddirector
- 2011-04-08➖CLARK, Allen Gregory resignedsecretary
- 2011-04-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ALIMANU LTD
- 2011-04-07➕KARAKAYA, Ali Fuat appointeddirector
- 2011-04-07➕CLARK, Allen Gregory appointedsecretary
- 2011-04-07➕CHANTEAU, Emmanuel appointeddirector
- 2011-04-07➕CLARK, Allen Gregory appointeddirector
- 2011-04-07➖CLARK, Allen Gregory resigneddirector
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
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.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanNo 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 Ali Fuat Karakaya Individual · Turkish · DOB 11/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/07/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Emmanuel Chanteauceased 01/10/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-04-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Registered office
28a High Street High Street
Tranent
East Lothian
EH33 1HQ
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07
Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)
KARAKAYA, Ali Fuat→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2011-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARK, Allen Gregory→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-04-07 · resigned 2011-04-08
CHANTEAU, Emmanuel→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2011-04-07 · resigned 2018-10-01
CLARK, Allen Gregory→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2011-04-07 · resigned 2011-04-07
KARAKAYA, Ahmet James→
Resigneddirector · ~23y · appointed 2021-12-12 · resigned 2023-12-04
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 11/05/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (49 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11