BLUE SEA TAKEAWAY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC788343 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-06
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
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
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-30
Average employees300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-09
    BARDHO, Marselin appointed
    director
  3. 2024-05-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-05-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-11-06
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    Company incorporated
    As BLUE SEA TAKEAWAY LTD
  6. 2023-11-06
    MARTONE, Veronica appointed
    secretary
  7. 2023-11-06
    MARTONE, Stefania appointed
    director
  8. 2023-11-06
    MARTONE, Veronica appointed
    director
  9. 2023-11-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.5 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Marselin Bardho
Individual · Albanian · DOB 10/1988 · age 38
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/05/2024
Miss Stefania Martone
Individual · Italian · DOB 06/1996 · age 30
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/11/2023
Mrs Veronica Martone
Individual · Italian · DOB 09/1993 · age 33
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/11/2023

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
Incorporated2023-11-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

134b North High Street
Musselburgh
EH21 6AS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-23
Last: 2025-05-09

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MARTONE, Veronica
secretary · appointed 2023-11-06
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Active
BARDHO, Marselin
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-05-09
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Active
MARTONE, Stefania
director · ~30y · appointed 2023-11-06
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Active
MARTONE, Veronica
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-11-06
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-06