ISTANBUL MEATS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04252645 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-16
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£2.93M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Processing and preserving of meat
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
70 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,932,284
Net assets shrinking
Down £285,682 YoY
Cash YoY
-15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.7m
↓ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£2.9m
↓ 8.9% YoY
Current Assets
£2.4m
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£644k£1.3m£1.9m£2.6m£3.2mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£2.93M£3.22M
Current assets£2.35M£2.75M
Cash£1.73M£2.05M
Debtors£476.0k£524.7k
Net assets£2.93M£3.22M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-23
    ➕
    ADIGUZEL, Altan Kerem appointed
    director
  6. 2022-05-23
    ➕
    ADIGUZEL, Atalay appointed
    director
  7. 2022-05-23
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-05-23
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-20
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    accounts · AAMD
  12. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-03-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-03-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2019-03-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2018-08-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2001-07-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ISTANBUL MEATS LIMITED
  20. 2001-07-16
    ➕
    ADIGUZEL, Nuran appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-07-16
    ➕
    ADIGUZEL, Ali appointed
    director
  22. 2001-07-16
    ➕
    ADIGUZEL, Nuran appointed
    director
  23. 2001-07-16
    ➕
    JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-07-16
    ➖
    JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-07-16
    ➕
    JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2001-07-16
    ➖
    JL NOMINEES ONE 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ADIGUZEL, Altan Kerem (same surname) appointed 2022-05-23. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Mrs Nuran Adiguzel
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/08/2018

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
Incorporated2001-07-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10110 — Processing and preserving of meat

Registered office

Unit 3 First Avenue
Drum Industrial Estate
Chester Le Street
County Durham
DH2 1AG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-17
Last: 2026-06-03

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

ADIGUZEL, Nuran→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-16
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Active
ADIGUZEL, Ali→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-07-16
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Active
ADIGUZEL, Altan Kerem→
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADIGUZEL, Atalay→
director · ~35y · appointed 2022-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADIGUZEL, Nuran→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-07-16
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Active
JL NOMINEES TWO LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-07-16 · resigned 2001-07-16
Resigned
JL NOMINEES ONE LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-07-16 · resigned 2001-07-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-20