BAR NAPOLI LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC535130 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-11

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

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Dormant / non-trading with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 0.1y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Newest facility, 0.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	15	1400

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

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3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 4 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 mortgage
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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mortgage · MR01
2026-03-25
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mortgage · MR01
2026-03-25
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mortgage · MR01
2026-03-19
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2026-03-19
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2026-03-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2026-03-18
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mortgage · MR01
2026-03-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2026-02-26
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accounts · AA
2025-02-27
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accounts · AA
2024-03-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
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accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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accounts · AA
2021-05-06
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accounts · AA
2020-02-28
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accounts · AA
2019-02-11
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accounts · AA
2018-09-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-09-27
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-05-18
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address · AD01
2018-01-31
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CROLLA, Gianpiero appointed
director
2016-05-11
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Company incorporated
As BAR NAPOLI LIMITED
2016-05-11
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CROLLA, Antonio appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·

4 new charges in last 12 months

medium

Heavy recent charge activity can indicate refinancing pressure, aggressive leverage, or multiple lender rotation.

Evidence: 2026-03-19: A registered charge; 2026-03-19: A registered charge; 2026-03-19: A registered charge

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gianpiero Crolla Individual · Italian · DOB 07/1997 · age 29	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	31/01/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Antonio Crollaceased 31/01/2018· 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

Incorporated2016-05-11

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

1f1, 85 Hanover Street

Edinburgh

EH2 1EE

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-09

Last: 2025-10-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CROLLA, Antonio→

director · ~87y · appointed 2016-05-11

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Active

CROLLA, Gianpiero→

director · ~29y · appointed 2018-01-31

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	19/03/2026	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	19/03/2026	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	19/03/2026	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	—	12/03/2026	—

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Recent filings (31 total)

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mortgage · MR01

2026-03-25

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mortgage · MR01

2026-03-25

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mortgage · MR01

2026-03-25

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mortgage · MR01

2026-03-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-26