PERKIER FOODS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07974955 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-05
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 5.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£429.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10612
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 10710Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes
- 10720SIC 10720
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.7y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 3 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
73 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
70
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £429,921
Cash YoY
+279%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£288k
↑ 279% YoY
Net Worth
£430k
↑ 74% YoY
Current Assets
£773k
↓ 8.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £456.9k | £345.8k |
| Current assets | £773.2k | £846.8k |
| Cash | £288.2k | £76.0k |
| Debtors | £280.6k | £400.4k |
| Net assets | £429.9k | £246.8k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 capital
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-13📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-04-09🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2026-03-19📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2026-03-19📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-09📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-08-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-08-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-08-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-08-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-05-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-05-14🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2024-03-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-03-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
- 2023-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-05-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-05-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-12-21📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-03-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-01-24➕KOPPINEN, Markku Henrik appointeddirector
- 2022-01-21➕LAWRENCE, Stephen Francis appointeddirector
- 2020-11-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2012-03-05🏢Company incorporatedAs PERKIER FOODS LIMITED
- 2012-03-05➕PERKINS, Ann Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2012-03-05➕TURNER, Steven Christopher, Dr. appointeddirector
Owner dependency
55/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
63/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Miss Ann Elizabeth Perkins Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 05/03/2017 |
Dr Steven Christopher Turner Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 05/03/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-03-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10612 — SIC 10612
Registered office
Suite 101 268 Bath Road
Slough
SL1 4DX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
KOPPINEN, Markku Henrik→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2022-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LAWRENCE, Stephen Francis→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2022-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PERKINS, Ann Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2012-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TURNER, Steven Christopher, Dr.→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2012-03-05
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/04/2026 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/05/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD | A registered charge | — | 01/03/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/11/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (73 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-12-09
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-08-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-08-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-08-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-08-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-03-06