CASELLA & POLEGATO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC481114 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-30

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47240Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	300	—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-09-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-13
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-19
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POLEGATO, Francesca resigned
director
2022-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-08-09
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officers · TM02
2016-06-30
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CLAY, Maximilian resigned
secretary
2016-03-31
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accounts · AA
2015-07-13
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-07-13
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accounts · AA01
2014-06-30
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Company incorporated
As CASELLA & POLEGATO LIMITED
2014-06-30
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CASELLA, Denis appointed
director
2014-06-30
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CLAY, Maximilian appointed
secretary
2014-06-30
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POLEGATO, Francesca appointed
director

Owner dependency

90/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CASELLA" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

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.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Denis Casella Individual · Italian · DOB 10/1976 · age 50	50–75%	50–75%	board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Francesca Polegato Individual · Italian · DOB 08/1982 · age 44	50–75%	50–75%	board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Similar companies

Active · Food & drink · PH postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
BLAIRGOWRIE FRUIT PACKERS LIMITED→ SC225871 · est 2001	—	—	—	800	24y	83	81y
GRANDTULLY BRIDGE GALLERIES LIMITED→ SC277888 · est 2004	—	—	£334.8k	—	21y	82	87y
LETTERFINLAY FOODS LTD.→ SC192224 · est 1998	—	—	£113.8k	—	27y	82	77y
MACDONALD BROS. LTD.→ SC256349 · est 2003	—	—	—	1500	22y	82	66y
COCOA MOUNTAIN LTD.→ SC289563 · est 2005	—	—	—	1500	20y	81	59y
HIGHLAND SPECIALITY SEAFOODS LIMITED→ SC324051 · est 2007	—	—	—	0	18y	81	61y
ADELPHI DISTILLERY LIMITED→ SC141800 · est 1992	—	—	£9.58M	—	33y	80	72y
ARDSHEALACH FINE FOODS LTD→ SC355867 · est 2009	—	—	—	200	17y	80	63y
CAIRN O'MOHR LTD.→ SC238693 · est 2002	—	—	£238.3k	—	23y	80	69y
CHOCSTARS LIMITED→ SC414421 · est 2012	—	—	—	—	14y	80	58y
KINRARA DISTILLERY LIMITED→ SC556955 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
OLD ORKNEY LTD→ SC667070 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-06-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

Units 9 & 10 Whitefriars Street

Perth

PH1 1PP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-14

Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

CASELLA, Denis→

director · ~50y · appointed 2014-06-30

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Active

CLAY, Maximilian→

secretary · appointed 2014-06-30 · resigned 2016-06-30

Resigned

POLEGATO, Francesca→

director · ~48y · appointed 2014-06-30 · resigned 2022-10-19

Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-09-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-09-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-08-28

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-07-26

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-13

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-07-13

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-06-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-07-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-07-03

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-07-17