BEFORE ALL ELSE LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC779915 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-22
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£237.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
22 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £237,599
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£242k
Net Worth
£238k
↑ 652% YoY
Current Assets
£242k
↑ 208% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £268.0k | £43.4k |
| Current assets | £242.0k | £78.5k |
| Cash | £242.0k | — |
| Net assets | £237.6k | £31.6k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-11-20➕HANNING, Heather appointeddirector
- 2024-10-18📄capital-alter-shares-consolidationcapital · SH02
- 2024-10-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-09-30📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-08-30📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-08-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-08-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-08-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-08-09➖LODGE, Daniel Peter resigneddirector
- 2024-02-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-02-12➕GILL, Lewis Alexander Andrew appointeddirector
- 2023-08-22🏢Company incorporatedAs BEFORE ALL ELSE LTD
- 2023-08-22➕LODGE, Daniel Peter appointeddirector
- 2023-08-22📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Lewis Alexander Andrew Gill Individual · Scottish · DOB 03/1988 · age 38 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 22/08/2023 |
Mrs Heather Hanning Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 20/08/2024 |
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.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-08-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Registered office
35b High Street
South Queensferry
City Of Edinburgh
EH30 9HN
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
GILL, Lewis Alexander Andrew→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2024-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HANNING, Heather→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2024-11-20
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LODGE, Daniel Peter→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2023-08-22 · resigned 2024-08-09
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Recent filings (22 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-21
capital-alter-shares-consolidation
capital · SH02
2024-10-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-18
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-08-30