CAPRI FOODS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01712168 · ltd · incorporated 1983-04-05
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.98M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -88% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 38.1y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,977,296
Cash draining
Cash down 88% YoY
Cash YoY
-88%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£25k
↓ 88% YoY
Net Worth
£4.0m
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£3.4m
↑ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£795k£1.6m£2.4m£3.2m£4.0mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£4.19M£3.52M
Current assets£3.37M£2.78M
Cash£25.3k£215.0k
Debtors£3.22M£2.45M
Net assets£3.98M£3.32M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-20
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-11-05
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  4. 2023-03-29
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  5. 2021-12-29
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  6. 2020-10-19
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  7. 2019-10-21
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  8. 2018-12-28
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  9. 2017-07-15
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  10. 2016-10-20
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  11. 2016-01-13
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  12. 2015-08-18
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  13. 2015-01-13
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  14. 2014-11-07
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  15. 2014-01-14
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  16. 2012-08-09
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    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 2012-07-24
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  18. 2012-07-02
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2012-02-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Ashok Khanna
  20. 2012-01-03
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    LAKHANI, Satish Shamji appointed
    secretary
  21. 2012-01-03
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    ADESARA, Harshadray appointed
    director
  22. 2012-01-03
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    DEVANI, Bharat Hiralal appointed
    director
  23. 2012-01-03
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    LAKHANI, Satish Shamji appointed
    director
  24. 2012-01-03
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    KHANNA, Ashok resigned
    secretary
  25. 2012-01-03
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    KHANNA, Anup Bala resigned
    director
  26. 2012-01-03
    ➖
    KHANNA, Ashok resigned
    director
  27. 2012-01-03
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    KHANNA, Neeta resigned
    director
  28. 2011-11-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  29. 2010-06-18
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    KHANNA, Kiran resigned
    director
  30. 1988-03-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  31. 1983-04-05
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    Company incorporated
    As CAPRI FOODS LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Satish Shamji Lakhani
Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Bharat Hiralal Devani
Individual · British · DOB 04/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Harshadray Adesara
Individual · British · DOB 08/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1983-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10710 — Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes

Registered office

21 Worton Hall Industrial Estate
Worton Road
Isleworth
Middlesex
TW7 6ER

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

LAKHANI, Satish Shamji→
secretary · appointed 2012-01-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADESARA, Harshadray→
director · ~75y · appointed 2012-01-03
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Active
DEVANI, Bharat Hiralal→
director · ~77y · appointed 2012-01-03
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Active
LAKHANI, Satish Shamji→
director · ~68y · appointed 2012-01-03
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Active
KHANNA, Ashok→
secretary · resigned 2012-01-03
Resigned
KHANNA, Anup Bala→
director · ~74y · resigned 2012-01-03
Resigned
KHANNA, Ashok→
director · ~78y · resigned 2012-01-03
Resigned
KHANNA, Kiran→
director · ~75y · resigned 2010-06-18
Resigned
KHANNA, Neeta→
director · ~69y · resigned 2012-01-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property24/07/2012—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property02/07/2012—
satisfied
Ashok Khanna
Legal charge1 property02/02/201209/08/2012
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property25/03/198811/11/2011
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Recent filings (108 total)

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2025-11-20
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2025-11-16
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2025-01-28
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2024-12-23
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2024-01-08
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2023-11-05
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2023-03-29
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2023-01-09
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2022-01-06
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2021-12-29
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2021-01-06
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2020-10-19
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2020-01-06
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2019-10-21
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2019-01-07