ALL SEASONS (FILEY) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05875344 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-13
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£66.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of fruit and vegetables in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £66,598
Cash YoY
-7%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£84k
↓ 6.8% YoY
Net Worth
£67k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£86k
↓ 6.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £69.7k | £62.3k |
| Current assets | £85.7k | £91.7k |
| Cash | £84.3k | £90.4k |
| Debtors | £935 | £878 |
| Net assets | £66.6k | £58.7k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-07-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2016-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-03-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-03-04📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2006-07-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ALL SEASONS (FILEY) LIMITED
- 2006-07-13➕COX, Angela Janette appointedsecretary
- 2006-07-13➕COX, Angela Janette appointeddirector
- 2006-07-13➕COX, Natalie 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Angela Janette Cox Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Natalie Cox Individual · British · DOB 06/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated2006-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47210 — Retail sale of fruit and vegetables in specialised stores
Registered office
Medina House, 2 Station Avenue
Bridlington
East Yorkshire
YO16 4LZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
COX, Angela Janette→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-07-13
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COX, Angela Janette→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2006-07-13
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COX, Natalie→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2006-07-13
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Recent filings (52 total)
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