35 FOODS LTD
🌳Matureactive
05981805 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-30
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£79.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
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 (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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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 £79,848
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£4k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Net Worth
£80k
↑ 42% YoY
Current Assets
£96k
↑ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £79.8k | £56.3k |
| Current assets | £95.7k | £69.1k |
| Cash | £4.2k | £4.5k |
| Debtors | £74.9k | £38.2k |
| Net assets | £79.8k | £56.3k |
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 (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-10📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-05-31📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-03-25➕GODDARD, Jill Patricia appointeddirector
- 2018-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-15📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-10-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-10-31📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2017-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2006-10-30🏢Company incorporatedAs 35 FOODS LTD
- 2006-10-30➕ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2006-10-30➕BAMBERGER, Kerry 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 68 — 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 68. 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kerry Bamberger Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest | 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
Incorporated2006-10-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
The Counting House
High Street
Tring
Herts
HP23 5TE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2006-10-30
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BAMBERGER, Kerry→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2006-10-30
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GODDARD, Jill Patricia→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2019-03-25
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Recent filings (55 total)
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2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2025-02-11
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2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2024-03-06
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2023-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2023-03-31
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2022-12-19
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accounts · AA
2022-07-26
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gazette · DISS40
2022-06-10
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gazette · GAZ1
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-08
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2020-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2020-03-31