5 & 2 REGALE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07476146 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-22
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Event catering activities
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
38 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£3k£6k£9k£12k£14kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£8.4k
Net assets£14.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-04
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  6. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  8. 2020-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-05
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-03
    EKUN, Benedicta Odufua resigned
    secretary
  13. 2018-01-03
    EKUN, Benedicta Odufua resigned
    director
  14. 2018-01-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-01-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-12-22
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    Company incorporated
    As 5 & 2 REGALE LIMITED
  18. 2010-12-22
    SHOTADE, Regina Ulekhia appointed
    director
  19. 2010-12-22
    EKUN, Benedicta Odufua appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-12-22
    EKUN, Benedicta Odufua appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Regina Ulekhia Shotade
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · firm interest22/12/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 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
Incorporated2010-12-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

12 Grays Close
Royston
SG8 5AS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

SHOTADE, Regina Ulekhia
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-12-22
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Active
EKUN, Benedicta Odufua
secretary · appointed 2010-12-22 · resigned 2018-01-03
Resigned
EKUN, Benedicta Odufua
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-12-22 · resigned 2018-01-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05