A2B CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04041708 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-27

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£5.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Event catering activities

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

82 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,149

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£5k

Current Assets

£8k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£5.1k	—
Current assets	£7.7k	—
Net assets	£5.1k	—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-10-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH03
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officers · CH01
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accounts · AA
2024-02-21
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2023-12-11
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accounts · AA
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accounts · AA
2021-11-02
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accounts · AA
2021-04-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-04-21
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capital · SH01
2021-04-21
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capital · SH01
2021-04-20
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officers · AP01
2021-04-20
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2021-03-22
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MUNRO, Gillian appointed
director
2020-09-22
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MUNRO, Ashley James appointed
director
2020-09-22
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MUNRO, Hannah Elizabeth appointed
director
2000-07-27
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Company incorporated
As A2B CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED
2000-07-27
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MUNRO, Gillian appointed
secretary
2000-07-27
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MUNRO, William Westwood appointed
director
2000-07-27
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2000-07-27
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2000-07-27
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2000-07-27
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Hannah Elizabeth Munro Individual · British · DOB 10/1983 · age 43	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	22/09/2020
Mrs Gillian Munro Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	22/09/2020
Mr Ashley James Munro Individual · British · DOB 07/1986 · age 40	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	22/09/2020
Mr William Westwood Munro Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr William Westwood Munroceased 23/03/2021· 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

Incorporated2000-07-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

The Old Police Station

West Square

Maldon

Essex

CM9 5AL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-04

Last: 2026-04-20