ALDEBURGH FISH & CHIP SHOP COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04659333 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-07
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 Apr 2026
Net worth
£1.83M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (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: high (85/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
50 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 £1,825,298
Cash YoY
+30%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£758k
↑ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£1.8m
↑ 4.0% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£365k£730k£1.1m£1.5m£1.8mApr 2024Apr 2025Apr 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-04-052025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£1.85M£1.79M£1.57M
Current assets£1.13M£948.0k£1.20M
Cash£757.7k£584.2k£408.1k
Debtors£30.3k£32.1k£79.1k
Net assets£1.83M£1.76M£1.56M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-12
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    re-registration-memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MAR
  13. 2016-12-12
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2016-12-12
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    reregistration-private-unlimited-to-private-limited-company
    change-of-name · RR06
  15. 2016-02-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-03-18
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    COONEY, Alan appointed
    director
  17. 2010-11-18
    ➕
    COONEY, Zuzana appointed
    director
  18. 2010-10-10
    ➕
    COONEY, Zuzana appointed
    secretary
  19. 2010-08-15
    ➖
    COONEY, Susan Francesca resigned
    secretary
  20. 2010-08-15
    ➖
    COONEY, Susan Francesca resigned
    director
  21. 2003-02-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ALDEBURGH FISH & CHIP SHOP COMPANY LIMITED
  22. 2003-02-07
    ➕
    COONEY, Peter appointed
    director
  23. 2003-02-07
    ➕
    COONEY, Susan Francesca appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-02-07
    ➕
    COONEY, Susan Francesca 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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Peter Cooney
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-02-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

30 Linden Road
Aldeburgh
Suffolk
IP15 5JH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-05
Last made up to: 2026-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-21
Last: 2026-02-07

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

COONEY, Zuzana→
secretary · appointed 2010-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COONEY, Alan→
director · ~38y · appointed 2011-03-18
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Active
COONEY, Peter→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-02-07
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Active
COONEY, Zuzana→
director · ~48y · appointed 2010-11-18
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Active
COONEY, Susan Francesca→
secretary · appointed 2003-02-07 · resigned 2010-08-15
Resigned
COONEY, Susan Francesca→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-02-07 · resigned 2010-08-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-14