AIR CULINAIRE WORLDWIDE UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06773252 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-15
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
£415.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £415,895

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£156k
Net Worth
£416k
Current Assets
£1.2m
Current Liabilities
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£0£246k£493k£739k£986k£1.2mJun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30
Total assets£458.0k—
Current assets£1.23M—
Cash£155.6k—
Debtors£1.01M—
Net assets£415.9k—

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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-28
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  2. 2024-07-10
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  3. 2024-07-10
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-06-30
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    THAYER, Amanda appointed
    director
  5. 2024-06-30
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    BARCUS, Deena Kay resigned
    director
  6. 2024-04-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
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  7. 2024-04-09
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  8. 2024-04-09
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  9. 2024-04-09
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  10. 2024-03-28
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  11. 2024-03-27
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    address · AD01
  12. 2023-12-16
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    LEE, John appointed
    director
  13. 2023-12-16
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    SMITH, Clifford Charles resigned
    director
  14. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
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  15. 2022-03-31
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  16. 2021-06-30
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  17. 2020-03-11
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  18. 2019-12-20
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  19. 2019-12-18
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  20. 2019-12-18
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  21. 2019-01-07
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  22. 2008-12-16
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    SCHWEITZER, Paul Martin appointed
    director
  23. 2008-12-16
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    BARCUS, Deena Kay appointed
    director
  24. 2008-12-16
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
    director
  25. 2008-12-16
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    SMITH, Clifford Charles appointed
    director
  26. 2008-12-15
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    Company incorporated
    As AIR CULINAIRE WORLDWIDE UK LIMITED
  27. 2008-12-15
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • 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 Charles Gregory Evans, Ii
Individual · American · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

Second Floor, Curzon House
24 High Street
Banstead
Surrey
SM7 2LJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LEE, John→
director · ~56y · appointed 2023-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCHWEITZER, Paul Martin→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THAYER, Amanda→
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARCUS, Deena Kay→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-12-16 · resigned 2024-06-30
Resigned
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-12-15 · resigned 2008-12-16
Resigned
SMITH, Clifford Charles→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-12-16 · resigned 2023-12-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-03-31