ARABELLA FOODS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04433841 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-08
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£16.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
70 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,317

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£16k
↑ 159% YoY
Current Assets
£67k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£28k-£5k£18k£41k£64k£87kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£16.3k£18.7k
Current assets£67.4k£87.3k
Cash—£33.3k
Debtors—£20.0k
Net assets£16.3k£-27.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-17
    ➖
    FIRST INSTANCE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  15. 2016-08-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2007-04-30
    ➖
    ALCOCK, David John resigned
    director
  17. 2006-01-25
    ➕
    ALCOCK, David John appointed
    director
  18. 2002-08-23
    ➖
    ALCOCK, David John resigned
    director
  19. 2002-08-19
    ➕
    HARB, George Ibrahim appointed
    director
  20. 2002-08-19
    ➕
    TOUMA, Siham appointed
    director
  21. 2002-05-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ARABELLA FOODS LIMITED
  22. 2002-05-08
    ➕
    FIRST INSTANCE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2002-05-08
    ➕
    ALCOCK, David John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Siham Touma
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr George Ibrahim Harb
Individual · British · DOB 05/1943 · age 83
——sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Arabella Productions Ltdceased 10/06/2018· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · firm interest

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
Incorporated2002-05-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

35b Neville Road
Croydon
CR0 2DS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HARB, George Ibrahim→
director · ~83y · appointed 2002-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOUMA, Siham→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FIRST INSTANCE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-05-08 · resigned 2016-08-17
Resigned
ALCOCK, David John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-01-25 · resigned 2007-04-30
Resigned
ALCOCK, David John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-05-08 · resigned 2002-08-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-03