SPICY CUISINE LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC667657 · ltd · incorporated 2020-07-15

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£12.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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, 1 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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

33 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £12,123

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£12k

Current Assets

£252

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£12.1k	—
Current assets	£252	—
Net assets	£12.1k	—

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
📄
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-12-16
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-16
📄
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-16
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-16
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-02
📄
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-22
📄
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-09-30
📄
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-08-14
📍
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc
address · RP10
2025-08-14
📍
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-08-14
📍
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-08-14
📍
default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied
address · RP05
2025-01-30
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-08
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-08
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-31
📄
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-10-30
📄
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-10-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-01
📄
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-06-28
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-02
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-02
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-07-15
🏢
Company incorporated
As SPICY CUISINE LTD
2020-07-15
➕
SHAHID, Shamshad appointed
secretary
2020-07-15
➕
SHAHID, Shamshad appointed
director

Owner dependency

80/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

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.

Red flags

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Shamshad Shahid Individual · British · DOB 01/1975 · age 51	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	15/07/2020

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Retail · G postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
OPTICAL EXPRESS (GYLE) LIMITED→ SC150432 · est 1994	£10.52M £7.89M–£13.15M	—	—	8300	32y	85	58y
AFFORDABLE GOLF LTD.→ SC350505 · est 2008	£3.72M £2.79M–£4.65M	—	—	5300	17y	87	63y
ABBEY CHEMISTS LTD→ SC323221 · est 2007	—	—	—	3900	19y	83	67y
APPLE HEALTHCARE EDINBURGH LTD→ SC339804 · est 2008	—	—	£478.1k	—	18y	83	58y
CAMERON INTERIORS LIMITED→ SC069523 · est 1979	—	—	£227.8k	—	46y	83	58y
CATHERINE'S OF PARTICK LIMITED→ SC099085 · est 1986	—	—	£1.48M	—	40y	83	78y
DUNCAN YACHT CHANDLERS LIMITED→ SC265044 · est 2004	—	—	—	500	22y	83	60y
HELENSBURGH FLOORPLAN (1983) LIMITED→ SC083345 · est 1983	—	—	—	14	42y	83	77y
HODGKINSON THE JEWELLERS LIMITED→ SC137641 · est 1992	—	—	£34.3k	—	34y	83	64y
HUNTER FURNISHINGS LIMITED→ SC295684 · est 2006	—	—	£846.0k	—	20y	83	84y
ITALIAN AROMA COFFEE LIMITED→ SC139395 · est 1992	—	—	—	11	33y	83	59y
LOMO INDUSTRIES LTD.→ SC203510 · est 2000	—	—	£1.18M	—	26y	83	58y

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

Incorporated2020-07-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47290 — Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Registered office

528 St. Vincent Street

Glasgow

G3 8XZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-28

Last: 2025-07-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SHAHID, Shamshad→

secretary · appointed 2020-07-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SHAHID, Shamshad→

director · ~51y · appointed 2020-07-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

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

Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-28

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-12-17

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-12-16

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-12-16

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-12-16

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-12-16

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2025-12-02

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-10-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-21

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2025-09-30

default-companies-house-service-address-applied-psc

address · RP10

2025-08-14

default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer

address · RP09

2025-08-14

default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer

address · RP09

2025-08-14

default-companies-house-registered-office-address-applied

address · RP05

2025-08-14

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-01-30