ALEMBIC FOODS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05240255 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-24

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.4y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 21.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (2 active, 15 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

100 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-09-01
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 address

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

2026-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-05-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-10-05
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-09-01
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MUNSEY, Elizabeth Jane appointed
secretary
2023-09-01
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MARSHALL, David resigned
secretary
2023-08-21
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MARSHALL, David resigned
director
2023-08-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
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HUGHES, Stephen Glynn appointed
director
2023-05-09
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WHITELEY, Lloyd Leslie Russell resigned
director
2023-05-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-06-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2013-05-03
➖
CASHIN, Mark Richard resigned
director
2013-05-03
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WHITELEY, Lloyd Leslie Russell appointed
director
2010-02-18
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FOWLE, Christopher John resigned
secretary
2010-02-18
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MARSHALL, David appointed
secretary
2008-06-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2007-11-02
➕
FOWLE, Christopher John appointed
secretary
2007-11-02
➖
WATKINS, Sheila May resigned
secretary
2007-11-02
➖
BROWN, Aileen Veronica resigned
director
2007-11-02
➕
CASHIN, Mark Richard appointed
director
2007-11-02
➖
HARRIS, Jocelin Montague St John resigned
director
2007-11-02
➖
HUGHES, Gary Craig resigned
director
2007-11-02
➕
MARSHALL, David appointed
director
2007-11-02
➖
SIMMONS, Alan resigned
director
2005-08-31
➕
WATKINS, Sheila May appointed
secretary
2005-08-31
➖
HALKIN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-12-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2004-12-08
➖
BRABNERS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-12-08
➕
HALKIN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-12-08
➕
BROWN, Aileen Veronica appointed
director
2004-12-08
➕
HARRIS, Jocelin Montague St John appointed
director
2004-12-08
➕
HUGHES, Gary Craig appointed
director
2004-12-08
➕
SIMMONS, Alan appointed
director
2004-12-08
➖
BRABNERS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2004-09-24
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Company incorporated
As ALEMBIC FOODS LIMITED
2004-09-24
➕
BRABNERS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-09-24
➕
BRABNERS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Edward Billington And Son Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Edward Billington And Son Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ALEMBIC FOODS LIMITED

This company · 05240255

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Edward Billington And Son Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-09-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Suites 12a2 And 12c1 12th Floor, The Plaza

100 Old Hall Street

Liverpool

L3 9QJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-12

Last: 2025-12-29

Officers (2 active · 13 resigned)

MUNSEY, Elizabeth Jane→

secretary · appointed 2023-09-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HUGHES, Stephen Glynn→

director · ~57y · appointed 2023-05-09

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FOWLE, Christopher John→

secretary · appointed 2007-11-02 · resigned 2010-02-18

Resigned

MARSHALL, David→

secretary · appointed 2010-02-18 · resigned 2023-09-01

Resigned

WATKINS, Sheila May→

secretary · appointed 2005-08-31 · resigned 2007-11-02

Resigned

BRABNERS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-09-24 · resigned 2004-12-08

Resigned

HALKIN SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-12-08 · resigned 2005-08-31

Resigned

BROWN, Aileen Veronica→

director · ~69y · appointed 2004-12-08 · resigned 2007-11-02

Resigned

CASHIN, Mark Richard→

director · ~73y · appointed 2007-11-02 · resigned 2013-05-03

Resigned

HARRIS, Jocelin Montague St John→

director · ~81y · appointed 2004-12-08 · resigned 2007-11-02

Resigned

HUGHES, Gary Craig→

director · ~57y · appointed 2004-12-08 · resigned 2007-11-02

Resigned

MARSHALL, David→

director · ~65y · appointed 2007-11-02 · resigned 2023-08-21

Resigned

SIMMONS, Alan→

director · ~85y · appointed 2004-12-08 · resigned 2007-11-02

Resigned

WHITELEY, Lloyd Leslie Russell→

director · ~67y · appointed 2013-05-03 · resigned 2023-05-09

Resigned

BRABNERS DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2004-09-24 · resigned 2004-12-08

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	23/12/2004	06/06/2008

Recent filings (100 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-05-28

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2026-05-18

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-05-18

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-05-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2024-05-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-01-09

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2023-10-05

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2023-10-05

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-08-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-05-30

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-05-09

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-05-09