FOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07010433 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-07
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£494.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10320
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 10390SIC 10390
- 11010SIC 11010
- 70100Activities of head offices
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 4 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
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
56 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £494,495
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£494k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £494.5k | £470.1k |
| Current assets | £10.6k | £15.1k |
| Net assets | £494.5k | £428.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2024-09-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-12📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2021-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-06📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2019-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-12📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2009-09-07🏢Company incorporatedAs FOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED
- 2009-09-07➕PRINGLE, Norman Murray, Sir appointedsecretary
- 2009-09-07➕PRINGLE, Norman Murray, Sir appointeddirector
- 2009-09-07➕TURNBULL, James Wilson 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 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 17 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-09-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10320 — SIC 10320
Registered office
32 Oakley Road
Chinnor
Oxon
OX39 4HB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
PRINGLE, Norman Murray, Sir→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-09-07
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PRINGLE, Norman Murray, Sir→
Activedirector · ~85y · appointed 2009-09-07
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TURNBULL, James Wilson→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2009-09-07
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Recent filings (56 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-09-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-03
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2021-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-19