BELLA CUCCIOLA LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC768876 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-10
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2024
Net worth
£10.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10920
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47710Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed food-drink with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: refinance and hold (40/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,000

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£10k
Current Assets
£10k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-05-31
Total assets£10.0k
Current assets£10.0k
Debtors£10.0k
Net assets£10.0k

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
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2023-05-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BELLA CUCCIOLA LTD
  3. 2023-05-10
    GRAY, Christopher John appointed
    director
  4. 2023-05-10
    GRAY, Zara Olivia appointed
    director
  5. 2023-05-10
    LILLEY, Claire appointed
    director
  6. 2023-05-10
    YOUR CATERING MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  7. 2023-05-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

53/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

Red flags

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-28

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Claire Lilley
Individual · British · DOB 12/1983 · age 43
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control10/05/2023
Mr Christopher John Gray
Individual · British · DOB 04/1982 · age 44
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control10/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10920 — SIC 10920

Registered office

870 South Street
Glasgow
G14 0SY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-02-28OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-23
Last: 2025-05-09

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

GRAY, Christopher John
director · ~44y · appointed 2023-05-10
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Active
GRAY, Zara Olivia
director · ~19y · appointed 2023-05-10
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Active
LILLEY, Claire
director · ~43y · appointed 2023-05-10
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Active
YOUR CATERING MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD
corporate-director · appointed 2023-05-10
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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-10