BITE EVENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06002014 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-17
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Event catering activities
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 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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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees6400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-22
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  2. 2024-10-30
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  3. 2023-10-31
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  4. 2022-10-28
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  5. 2022-01-28
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  6. 2020-11-05
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  7. 2019-10-31
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  8. 2018-10-30
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  9. 2017-10-30
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  10. 2016-10-31
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  11. 2016-10-31
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  12. 2016-10-26
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    INGRAM, Susan Mary appointed
    secretary
  13. 2016-05-26
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    address · AD03
  14. 2015-12-14
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  15. 2015-10-30
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  16. 2014-12-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-08-05
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    WILKINS, Louise resigned
    secretary
  18. 2011-11-01
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    INGRAM, Gavin resigned
    secretary
  19. 2011-11-01
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    WILKINS, Louise appointed
    secretary
  20. 2011-02-07
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    WILKINS, Louise resigned
    director
  21. 2010-12-17
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    BRASSEY, Thomas Ian resigned
    secretary
  22. 2010-12-17
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    INGRAM, Gavin appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-06-26
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    INGRAM, Gavin appointed
    director
  24. 2006-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As BITE EVENTS LIMITED
  25. 2006-11-17
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    BRASSEY, Thomas Ian appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-11-17
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-11-17
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2006-11-17
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    WILKINS, Louise appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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

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 Gavin Ingram
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

The Foundry
Lottage Road Aldbourne
Nr Marlborough
Wiltshire
SN8 2EB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

INGRAM, Susan Mary→
secretary · appointed 2016-10-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
INGRAM, Gavin→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRASSEY, Thomas Ian→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-17 · resigned 2010-12-17
Resigned
INGRAM, Gavin→
secretary · appointed 2010-12-17 · resigned 2011-11-01
Resigned
WILKINS, Louise→
secretary · appointed 2011-11-01 · resigned 2014-08-05
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-17 · resigned 2006-11-17
Resigned
WILKINS, Louise→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-11-17 · resigned 2011-02-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

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2025-11-17
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2025-10-22
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2024-11-18
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2024-10-30
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2023-11-20
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2023-10-31
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2022-11-17
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2022-10-28
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2022-01-28
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2021-11-24
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2020-11-19
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2020-11-05
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2019-11-18
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2019-10-31
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2018-11-21