MEAT ZONE UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04418539 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-17
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
78 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees7700

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-03-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-03-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-08-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-08-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2018-08-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2002-04-22
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    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2002-04-22
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    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 2002-04-18
    ➕
    CHINIKAR, Masoud appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-04-18
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    AKRAMI, Mahmoud Reza appointed
    director
  22. 2002-04-18
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    ARTA, Mahmood Reza appointed
    director
  23. 2002-04-18
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    CHINIKAR, Masoud appointed
    director
  24. 2002-04-17
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    Company incorporated
    As MEAT ZONE UK LIMITED
  25. 2002-04-17
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-04-17
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    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mahmood Reza Arta
Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mr Mahmoud Reza Akrami
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016
Mr Masoud Chinikar
Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2002-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10120 — SIC 10120

Registered office

Mains House
143 Front Street
Chester Le Street
County Durham
DH3 3AU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

CHINIKAR, Masoud→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AKRAMI, Mahmoud Reza→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARTA, Mahmood Reza→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHINIKAR, Masoud→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-04-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-17 · resigned 2002-04-22
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-17 · resigned 2002-04-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-15