MC FRATM LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC832929 · ltd · incorporated 2025-01-02
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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
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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-01-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-05-27
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2025-01-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MC FRATM LTD
  5. 2025-01-02
    COZZOLINO, Giorgio appointed
    director
  6. 2025-01-02
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-05-27: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Marzia Carrai
Individual · Italian · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
5075%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting02/01/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Afrodysia Beverage Group Ltdceased 01/01/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2025-01-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

2 Muirfield Court
Anstruther
KY10 3EQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-15
Last: 2026-01-01

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

COZZOLINO, Giorgio
director · ~62y · appointed 2025-01-02
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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-07
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-05-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-01-02