V&C SHOPS LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
SC794792 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-10
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.9y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-04-06➖KATTA, Krishna Chitanya resigneddirector
- 2025-12-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-07➕KATTA, Krishna Chitanya appointeddirector
- 2025-10-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-06-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2024-11-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-01-10🏢Company incorporatedAs V&C SHOPS LIMITED
- 2024-01-10➕GADDAM, Venkata Surendra Babu appointeddirector
- 2024-01-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
80/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome 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 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Venkata Surendra Babu Gaddam Individual · British · DOB 07/1986 · age 40 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 10/01/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DECORA LIMITED→ SC080155 · est 1982 | £956.8k £717.6k–£1.20M | £4.97M | — | 7800 | 43y | 87 | 82y |
| BEN WYVIS KILTS LIMITED→ SC272661 · est 2004 | — | — | £400.8k | — | 21y | 83 | 72y |
| BONK & CO. LIMITED→ SC064104 · est 1978 | — | — | — | 18 | 48y | 83 | 65y |
| INVERNESS GOLF CENTRE LIMITED→ SC187445 · est 1998 | — | — | £293.8k | — | 27y | 83 | 63y |
| LOCH NESS FERRY COMPANY LIMITED→ SC150379 · est 1994 | — | — | £54.7k | — | 32y | 83 | 77y |
| SOUTH QUEENSFERRY HEALTHCARE LIMITED→ SC786565 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| SPEYSIDE ECO-HEAT LIMITED→ SC418480 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| TST1 ENTERPRISES LTD→ SC758547 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| V&C BARNEYS LTD→ SC883235 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| V&C RODGERS LTD→ SC865986 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| V&C SPICE LTD→ SC878099 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| V&V LOGISTIK PRIVATE LIMITED→ SC557442 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-01-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Registered office
1 Lochalsh Road
Merkinch Stores
Inverness
IV3 8HU
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-23
Last: 2026-01-09
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
GADDAM, Venkata Surendra Babu→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2024-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KATTA, Krishna Chitanya→
Resigneddirector · ~34y · appointed 2025-10-07 · resigned 2026-04-06
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/06/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (14 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-10