FECCI'S ICE CREAM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02913232 · ltd · incorporated 1994-03-28

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 27.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10520

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.3y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 27.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

95 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	2500	0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 6 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 6 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-04-27
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
2026-03-31
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officers · CH01
2026-03-31
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-10
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accounts · AA
2024-12-16
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accounts · AA
2023-12-08
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accounts · AA
2023-02-15
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address · AD01
2022-12-20
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accounts · AA
2022-03-24
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accounts · AA
2021-03-11
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accounts · AA
2021-02-03
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officers · AP01
2021-02-03
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officers · AP01
2021-02-03
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officers · AP01
2020-03-02
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DALLAVALLE, Alessandro appointed
director
2020-03-02
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DALLAVALLE, Francesca appointed
director
2020-03-02
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DALLAVALLE, Riccardo Francesco appointed
director
2019-12-20
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accounts · AA
2007-11-05
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DALLAVALLE, Heather Jacqueline appointed
secretary
2007-11-05
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CHESBY, William Carwyn resigned
secretary
2001-10-01
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CHESBY, William Carwyn appointed
secretary
2001-09-30
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DALLAVALLE, Suzanne resigned
secretary
2001-09-30
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DALLAVALLE, Suzanne resigned
director
2000-03-16
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FECCI, Domenica Therese resigned
director
2000-03-10
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JONES, Ivor resigned
director
1999-02-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1995-03-31
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DALLAVALLE, Mario appointed
director
1995-03-31
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JONES, Ivor appointed
director
1994-03-28
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Company incorporated
As FECCI'S ICE CREAM LIMITED
1994-03-28
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DALLAVALLE, Suzanne appointed
secretary
1994-03-28
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-03-28
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-03-28
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DALLAVALLE, Suzanne appointed
director
1994-03-28
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FECCI, Domenica Therese appointed
director
1994-03-28
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1994-03-28
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

clean

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mario Dallavalle Individual · Welsh · DOB 08/1959 · age 67	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1994-03-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10520 — SIC 10520

Registered office

Unit H Cross Hands Food Park

Cross Hands

Carmarthen

SA14 6RZ

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-15

Last: 2026-03-01