GAFOOR PURE HALAL LTD

💤Zombieactive
07876663 · ltd · incorporated 2011-12-09
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£19.92M
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10120
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 10130SIC 10130
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.1y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £19,915,348
Cash YoY
+96%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£15m
↑ 96% YoY
Net Worth
£20m
↑ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£36m
↑ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£7.2m£14m£21m£29m£36mNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£21.76M£15.35M
Current assets£35.80M£25.18M
Cash£14.81M£7.56M
Net assets£19.92M£13.96M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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3 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2022-11-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2021-11-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-27
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  13. 2019-01-24
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  14. 2018-08-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  16. 2011-12-09
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    Company incorporated
    As GAFOOR PURE HALAL LTD
  17. 2011-12-09
    PATEL, Ozayr, Mr. appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Gafoor Holding Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Gafoor Holding Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
GAFOOR PURE HALAL LTD
This company · 07876663

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Gafoor Holding Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/03/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr. Ozayr Patelceased 08/03/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2011-12-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10120 — SIC 10120

Registered office

5 Fletcher Road
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 5AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PATEL, Ozayr, Mr.
director · ~40y · appointed 2011-12-09
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge03/05/2016
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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-11-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29