BOLLYWOOD FOODS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04905625 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-19
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£101.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £101,335
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£100k
Net Worth
£101k
Current Assets
£101k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £101.3k |
| Current assets | £100.6k |
| Cash | £100.1k |
| Debtors | £500 |
| Net assets | £101.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-27📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-09-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2003-09-19🏢Company incorporatedAs BOLLYWOOD FOODS LIMITED
- 2003-09-19➕PATEL, Hemant appointedsecretary
- 2003-09-19➕AVANT PATEL, Gina appointeddirector
- 2003-09-19➕PATEL, Hemant appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Hemant Patel Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 19/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-09-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10200 — SIC 10200
Registered office
7 Weatherly Avenue
Bath
BA2 2PF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-01
Last: 2025-09-17
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
AVANT PATEL, Gina→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2003-09-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PATEL, Hemant→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2003-09-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (60 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-27
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-09-27