BIG AL'S FOOD COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04458711 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-11
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10130
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
71 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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-21
    ➕
    MARTIN, Walter appointed
    secretary
  4. 2023-12-21
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  5. 2023-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-10-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2022-09-29
    ➖
    KEATING, Liam resigned
    secretary
  9. 2022-09-29
    ➖
    KEATING, Liam resigned
    director
  10. 2022-09-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-09-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-12-31
    ➕
    WALKER, Simon appointed
    director
  14. 2020-09-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-11-26
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  17. 2018-11-19
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  18. 2018-11-13
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    MCCHESNEY, Barry appointed
    secretary
  19. 2018-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-11-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  21. 2017-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  22. 2003-06-23
    ➖
    PUTT, John Anthony resigned
    director
  23. 2002-06-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BIG AL'S FOOD COMPANY LIMITED
  24. 2002-06-11
    ➕
    GROGAN, Robert appointed
    director
  25. 2002-06-11
    ➕
    HORGAN, John appointed
    director
  26. 2002-06-11
    ➕
    DELANY, Deborah appointed
    secretary
  27. 2002-06-11
    ➖
    DELANY, Deborah resigned
    secretary
  28. 2002-06-11
    ➕
    KEATING, Liam appointed
    secretary
  29. 2002-06-11
    ➕
    DELANEY, Brendan appointed
    director
  30. 2002-06-11
    ➖
    DELANEY, Brendan resigned
    director
  31. 2002-06-11
    ➕
    KEATING, Liam appointed
    director
  32. 2002-06-11
    ➕
    PUTT, John Anthony appointed
    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 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10130 — SIC 10130

Registered office

The Snackhouse St. Georges Park
Kirkham
Preston
PR4 2DZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

MARTIN, Walter→
secretary · appointed 2023-12-21
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Active
MCCHESNEY, Barry→
secretary · appointed 2018-11-13
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Active
GROGAN, Robert→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-06-11
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Active
HORGAN, John→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-06-11
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Active
WALKER, Simon→
director · ~61y · appointed 2020-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DELANY, Deborah→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-11 · resigned 2002-06-11
Resigned
KEATING, Liam→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-11 · resigned 2022-09-29
Resigned
DELANEY, Brendan→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-06-11 · resigned 2002-06-11
Resigned
KEATING, Liam→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-06-11 · resigned 2022-09-29
Resigned
PUTT, John Anthony→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-06-11 · resigned 2003-06-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-12