BOMBAY FOODS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05205090 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-12
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
57 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2022-11-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-30
    ➕
    HARNAL, Zeenat Arun appointed
    director
  15. 2016-09-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2016-08-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2015-10-27
    ➖
    NOON KT, MBE, Gulam Kaderbhoy, Lord resigned
    secretary
  18. 2012-04-05
    ➖
    SEKHON, Zarmine Noon resigned
    director
  19. 2004-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As BOMBAY FOODS LIMITED
  20. 2004-08-12
    ➕
    KANCHWALA, Shabbir Taherali appointed
    director
  21. 2004-08-12
    ➕
    NOON KT, MBE, Gulam Kaderbhoy, Lord appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-08-12
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-08-12
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-08-12
    ➕
    SEKHON, Zarmine Noon appointed
    director
  25. 2004-08-12
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2004-08-12
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Zarmin Noon Sekhon
Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest06/04/2016
Mrs Zeenat Arun Harnal
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

9 Berners Place
London
W1T 3AD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HARNAL, Zeenat Arun→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KANCHWALA, Shabbir Taherali→
director · ~78y · appointed 2004-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NOON KT, MBE, Gulam Kaderbhoy, Lord→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-12 · resigned 2015-10-27
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-12 · resigned 2004-08-12
Resigned
SEKHON, Zarmine Noon→
director · ~57y · appointed 2004-08-12 · resigned 2012-04-05
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-08-12 · resigned 2004-08-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-03