AIB FOODS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07023183 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-18
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£5.89M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46380Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 15.7y
15/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £5,890,619
Cash draining
Cash down 51% YoY
Cash YoY
-51%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£221k
↓ 51% YoY
Net Worth
£5.9m
↑ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£33m
↑ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £9.02M | £8.17M |
| Current assets | £33.35M | £25.69M |
| Cash | £220.5k | £448.7k |
| Debtors | £12.10M | £10.18M |
| Net assets | £5.89M | £4.61M |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-07📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-09-05🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited
- 2023-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-12📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-04-12🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2021-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-13📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-11🔒Charge registered #3Lender: K Parvez
- 2014-10-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Asset Finance (UK) LTD
- 2013-06-26➕PARVEZ, Khalid Amin appointeddirector
- 2010-09-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2009-09-18🏢Company incorporatedAs AIB FOODS LIMITED
- 2009-09-18➕AKHTAR, Shakila appointeddirector
- 2009-09-18➕FAROOQ, Arshad appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Khalid Amin Parvez Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60 | 50–75% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 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
Incorporated2009-09-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890
Registered office
Amin House Culwell Trading Estate
Woden Road
Wolverhampton
WV10 0PG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
AKHTAR, Shakila→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2009-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FAROOQ, Arshad→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2009-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PARVEZ, Khalid Amin→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2013-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited | A registered charge | — | 05/09/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | K Parvez | Debenture | 1 property | 11/01/2016 | — | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Asset Finance (UK) LTD / Hsbc Equipment Finance (UK) LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/10/2014 | 12/04/2022 | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 20/09/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (55 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23