ALLIUM FOODS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04181830 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-19
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01130
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees4400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-04-23
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  7. 2023-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-03
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  12. 2020-11-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2020-11-03
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  14. 2020-11-03
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  15. 2020-11-03
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  16. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2011-11-01
    ➕
    DAIR, Eleanor Katherine Louise appointed
    director
  19. 2011-11-01
    ➕
    FINDLAY, Genevieve Mary appointed
    director
  20. 2011-11-01
    ➕
    FINDLAY, William James appointed
    director
  21. 2006-03-25
    ➕
    FINDLAY, William James appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-03-25
    ➖
    FINDLAY, Alexander resigned
    secretary
  23. 2006-03-25
    ➖
    FINDLAY, William James resigned
    director
  24. 2006-03-25
    ➖
    WARREN, Guy Harvey resigned
    director
  25. 2002-04-22
    ➕
    FINDLAY, Alexander appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-04-22
    ➕
    WARREN, Guy Harvey appointed
    director
  27. 2002-03-19
    ➖
    TAYLOR, William Robert resigned
    director
  28. 2002-02-22
    ➕
    FINDLAY, William James appointed
    director
  29. 2002-01-09
    ➖
    MILLS, Stephen James resigned
    secretary
  30. 2001-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLIUM FOODS LTD
  31. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    FINDLAY, Alexander appointed
    director
  32. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    MILLS, Stephen James appointed
    secretary
  33. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    TAYLOR, William Robert appointed
    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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — 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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William James Findlay
Individual · British · DOB 08/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/12/2020

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
Incorporated2001-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01130 — SIC 01130

Registered office

18 Langton Place Hatter Street
Bury St. Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1NE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

FINDLAY, William James→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAIR, Eleanor Katherine Louise→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FINDLAY, Alexander→
director · ~88y · appointed 2001-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FINDLAY, Genevieve Mary→
director · ~55y · appointed 2011-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FINDLAY, William James→
director · ~50y · appointed 2011-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FINDLAY, Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2006-03-25
Resigned
MILLS, Stephen James→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2002-01-09
Resigned
FINDLAY, William James→
director · ~50y · appointed 2002-02-22 · resigned 2006-03-25
Resigned
TAYLOR, William Robert→
director · ~79y · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2002-03-19
Resigned
WARREN, Guy Harvey→
director · ~83y · appointed 2002-04-22 · resigned 2006-03-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-23
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11