BURGERFLAME LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC810003 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-09
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "growth story" recently.
  • · Lifecycle stage: startup → early
  • · Investment thesis: unclassified → growth_story
  • · Bankability: 45 → 50
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ·Lifecycle stage: startupearly
  • ·Investment thesis: unclassifiedgrowth_story
  • Bankability: 4550
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
7 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 gazette
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-18
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-04-07
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-11-08
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2025-11-04
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2024-05-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BURGERFLAME LTD
  6. 2024-05-09
    MOHAMMED, Shenaz appointed
    director
  7. 2024-05-09
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 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: 2026-02-09

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Shenaz Mohammed
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/05/2024

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
Incorporated2024-05-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47290 — Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Registered office

58 North Bridge Street
Bathgate
West Lothian
EH48 4PP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-02-09OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last: 2025-08-14

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MOHAMMED, Shenaz
director · ~54y · appointed 2024-05-09
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Recent filings (7 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-04-18
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-09