ALMOND'S CATERING SUPPLIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06423346 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-09
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 9.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 9.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2400 | 2400 |
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
3
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-14📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2023-11-13📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2023-11-12📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2023-11-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-10📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-11-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-11-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-10📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-02-27➕ALMOND, Sharon Laura appointeddirector
- 2023-02-21📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-02-21📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2023-02-21📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-02-21📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2020-11-25🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2020-11-25🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-05-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2017-03-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2007-11-09🏢Company incorporatedAs ALMOND'S CATERING SUPPLIES LIMITED
- 2007-11-09➕ALMOND, Sharon Laura appointedsecretary
- 2007-11-09➕ALMOND, Gary appointeddirector
Owner dependency
99/100
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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALMOND" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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 63. 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 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)
Group structure
Almonds Catering Supplies Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Almonds Catering Supplies Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ALMOND'S CATERING SUPPLIES LIMITED
This company · 06423346
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Almonds Catering Supplies Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 16/03/2026 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Sharon Laura Almondceased 16/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Gary Almondceased 16/03/2026· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
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.
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| AMW AURORA MUSIC WORKS (UK) LTD→ 15660731 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ANDERTON DOCKSIDE DRINKS LTD→ 16898050 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| ANDY BURROWS GAS LTD→ 13850071 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ANIKASOLUTIONS LTD→ 11888088 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ANITA WALTON LTD→ 13293903 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-11-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46310 — Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Registered office
No 5 Sugarbrook Drive
Stonebridge
Liverpool
L11 2BD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-23
Last: 2025-11-09
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
ALMOND, Sharon Laura→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ALMOND, Gary→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2007-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ALMOND, Sharon Laura→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2023-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/05/2017 | 25/11/2020 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 07/03/2017 | 25/11/2020 |
Recent filings (71 total)
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-11-14
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-11-13
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2023-11-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-10
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-11-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-10