ALL SEASONS CATERING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07335763 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-04
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £428.5k |
| Current assets | — | £1.26M |
| Cash | — | £199.6k |
| Debtors | — | £1.06M |
| Net assets | — | £391.5k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-05-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-18📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2021-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-12📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2019-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-24➕AHMED, Iftikhar appointeddirector
- 2015-09-01➕AHMED, Iftikhar appointedsecretary
- 2012-05-23➕BHATTI, Muhammad Ali appointeddirector
- 2012-05-23➖BHATTI, Muhammad Uzair resigneddirector
- 2010-08-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ALL SEASONS CATERING LIMITED
- 2010-08-04➕BHATTI, Muhammad Ali appointedsecretary
- 2010-08-04➕BHATTI, Muhammad Uzair appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 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 14 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Muhammad Ali Bhatti Individual · British · DOB 02/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Iftikhar Ahmedceased 12/02/2024· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
7-8 Bow Street
London
Uk
WC2E 7AH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
Active
BHATTI, Muhammad Ali→
Activesecretary · appointed 2010-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
AHMED, Iftikhar→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2017-05-24
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BHATTI, Muhammad Ali→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2012-05-23
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BHATTI, Muhammad Uzair→
Resigneddirector · ~35y · appointed 2010-08-04 · resigned 2012-05-23
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Recent filings (48 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2022-05-18