ABSOLUTE CUISINE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06782646 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-05
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56210Event catering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,015
Net assets shrinking
Down £29,426 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£1k
↓ 97% YoY
Current Assets
£189k
↓ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£65k£131k£196k£262k£327kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£132.2k£232.5k
Current assets£189.3k£326.9k
Net assets£1.0k£30.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-15
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  2. 2024-12-03
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  3. 2024-01-10
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  4. 2023-01-26
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    HORNER, Timothy appointed
    director
  5. 2023-01-26
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  6. 2022-11-06
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  7. 2021-12-12
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  8. 2020-10-20
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  9. 2019-10-23
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  10. 2018-07-26
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  11. 2018-01-09
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  12. 2016-12-30
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  13. 2016-01-05
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  14. 2015-11-30
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  15. 2015-01-15
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  16. 2014-12-05
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  17. 2014-07-31
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    MORRISON HORNER, Simon Andrew resigned
    director
  18. 2011-05-01
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    HORNER, Carol Elizabeth appointed
    director
  19. 2009-01-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE CUISINE LIMITED
  20. 2009-01-05
    ➕
    MORRISON HORNER, Carol Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-01-05
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    MORRISON HORNER, Simon Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HORNER, Timothy (same surname) appointed 2023-01-26. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Mrs Carol Elizabeth Horner
Individual · British · DOB 06/1952 · age 74
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-01-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

The Old Stables
Widmere Lane
Marlow
SL7 3DF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-19
Last: 2026-01-05

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MORRISON HORNER, Carol Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-05
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Active
HORNER, Carol Elizabeth→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-05-01
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Active
HORNER, Timothy→
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-01-26
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Active
MORRISON HORNER, Simon Andrew→
director · ~50y · appointed 2009-01-05 · resigned 2014-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
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2025-08-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
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accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
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accounts · AA
2024-01-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
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officers · AP01
2023-01-26
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accounts · AA
2022-11-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20
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accounts · AA
2021-12-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-11
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accounts · AA
2020-10-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-14
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accounts · AA
2019-10-23