ABERDEEN BUSINESS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC593644 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-06
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
  • 56290Other food services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.4y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2020-05-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2019-05-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2019-05-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  14. 2018-12-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2018-12-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  16. 2018-11-20
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  17. 2018-11-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
  18. 2018-08-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2018-08-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2018-08-27
    ➖
    ABRAHAM, Chachiyamma resigned
    director
  21. 2018-08-27
    ➖
    THOMAS, Animol resigned
    director
  22. 2018-05-22
    ➕
    ABRAHAM, Chachiyamma appointed
    director
  23. 2018-05-22
    ➕
    THOMAS, Animol appointed
    director
  24. 2018-04-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ABERDEEN BUSINESS LIMITED
  25. 2018-04-06
    ➕
    KORAKUNJU, Mathew appointed
    director
  26. 2018-04-06
    ➕
    PAUL, Biju appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Biju Paul
Individual · British · DOB 02/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2018
Mr Mathew Korakunju
Individual · British · DOB 07/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2018

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
Incorporated2018-04-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

9 Westhill Grange, Westhill, Scotland,
Westhill Grange
Westhill
AB32 6QJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-05
Last: 2025-05-22

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

KORAKUNJU, Mathew→
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PAUL, Biju→
director · ~48y · appointed 2018-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABRAHAM, Chachiyamma→
director · ~41y · appointed 2018-05-22 · resigned 2018-08-27
Resigned
THOMAS, Animol→
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-05-22 · resigned 2018-08-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property11/12/2018—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
A registered charge—16/11/2018—
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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2020-11-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-05-27