A COMMERCIAL CATERING EQUIPMENT & BARS COMPANY LONDON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05109988 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-23
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). 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, 2 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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees2000

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
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2020-11-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2020-11-26
    ➕
    COSTELLOE, Raymond Thomas appointed
    director
  8. 2020-10-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2020-10-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-09-30
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    CASSIN, Zaira appointed
    director
  11. 2020-09-30
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    COSTELLOE, Raymond Thomas resigned
    director
  12. 2020-09-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-05-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2020-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-04-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2010-04-30
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    HIGGS, Martin Leslie resigned
    secretary
  21. 2010-04-30
    ➖
    HIGGS, Martin Leslie resigned
    director
  22. 2010-04-30
    ➖
    STORY, Rodney James resigned
    director
  23. 2004-04-23
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    Company incorporated
    As A COMMERCIAL CATERING EQUIPMENT & BARS COMPANY LONDON LIMITED
  24. 2004-04-23
    ➕
    HIGGS, Martin Leslie appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-04-23
    ➕
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-04-23
    ➖
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-04-23
    ➕
    COSTELLOE, Raymond Thomas appointed
    director
  28. 2004-04-23
    ➕
    HIGGS, Martin Leslie appointed
    director
  29. 2004-04-23
    ➕
    STORY, Rodney James appointed
    director
  30. 2004-04-23
    ➕
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2004-04-23
    ➖
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Raymond Thomas Costelloe
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares21/04/2017

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
Incorporated2004-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

22 West Green Road
London
N15 5NN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

CASSIN, Zaira→
director · ~47y · appointed 2020-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COSTELLOE, Raymond Thomas→
director · ~68y · appointed 2020-11-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIGGS, Martin Leslie→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-23 · resigned 2010-04-30
Resigned
QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-23 · resigned 2004-04-23
Resigned
COSTELLOE, Raymond Thomas→
director · ~68y · appointed 2004-04-23 · resigned 2020-09-30
Resigned
HIGGS, Martin Leslie→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-04-23 · resigned 2010-04-30
Resigned
STORY, Rodney James→
director · ~79y · appointed 2004-04-23 · resigned 2010-04-30
Resigned
QA NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-23 · resigned 2004-04-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-11-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-24