ESSENCE FOODS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03073818 · ltd · incorporated 1995-06-28
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10390
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 10840SIC 10840
  • 11070SIC 11070
  • 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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
Metric2025-04-29
Average employees800

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2021-02-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-02-12
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2021-02-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-08-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-05-01
    ➕
    SAVAGE, Edward Jack appointed
    director
  14. 2020-03-20
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  15. 2020-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-08-27
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  17. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-01-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2009-07-14
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    TYSON, Penelope Mavis resigned
    director
  20. 2005-08-12
    ➖
    SAVAGE, Andrew Paul resigned
    director
  21. 2005-08-12
    ➕
    TYSON, Penelope Mavis appointed
    director
  22. 1995-06-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ESSENCE FOODS LIMITED
  23. 1995-06-28
    ➕
    SAVAGE, Sarah Louise appointed
    secretary
  24. 1995-06-28
    ➕
    SAVAGE, Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  25. 1995-06-28
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1995-06-28
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1995-06-28
    ➕
    SAVAGE, Andrew Paul appointed
    director
  28. 1995-06-28
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1995-06-28
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sarah Louise Savage
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/01/2017

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
Incorporated1995-06-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10390 — SIC 10390

Registered office

The Old Dairy Manor Farm, Back Lane
Stanfield
Dereham
Norfolk
NR20 4HY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SAVAGE, Sarah Louise→
secretary · appointed 1995-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAVAGE, Edward Jack→
director · ~30y · appointed 2020-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAVAGE, Sarah Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 1995-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-06-28 · resigned 1995-06-28
Resigned
SAVAGE, Andrew Paul→
director · ~61y · appointed 1995-06-28 · resigned 2005-08-12
Resigned
TYSON, Penelope Mavis→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-08-12 · resigned 2009-07-14
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-06-28 · resigned 1995-06-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2021-04-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-12