ALMENDRO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC647636 · ltd · incorporated 2019-11-20
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-10
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2024-02-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2023-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-09
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2022-02-08
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2021-10-14
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2021-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-01
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2021-04-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2021-04-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-04-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2021-04-30
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2021-04-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  18. 2019-11-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ALMENDRO LIMITED
  19. 2019-11-20
    FAKOURI, Ahmad appointed
    director
  20. 2019-11-20
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Mozhgan Rahimzadeh Nafoti
Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control14/01/2020
Mr Ahmad Fakouri
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control14/01/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ahmad Fakouriceased 14/01/2020· 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
Incorporated2019-11-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

411-413 Great Western Road
Glasgow
G4 9JA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last: 2025-11-19

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

FAKOURI, Ahmad
director · ~63y · appointed 2019-11-20
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Recent filings (24 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-02-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-10-14