NATURAL SELECTION FOODS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08022535 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-05
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 4.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 4.1y
60/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Charge age ~4.1 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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.
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 32 | 1800 |
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
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-07-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-08📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-05-08🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-04-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Santander UK PLC (As Security Trustee)
- 2025-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-08➖AKALIN MCGEE, Fatma resigneddirector
- 2024-11-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-06-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Abn Amro Asset Based Finance N.V.
- 2022-05-05📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-04-28📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-04-27📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-04-26📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-04-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-11➕BEVAN, Mark Ronald appointeddirector
- 2021-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-24📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-04-20➕AKALIN MCGEE, Fatma appointeddirector
- 2012-04-05🏢Company incorporatedAs NATURAL SELECTION FOODS LIMITED
- 2012-04-05➕COOPER, David Christopher appointeddirector
- 2012-04-05➕KNOTT, James Russell appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
53/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Christopher Cooper Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
James Russell Knott Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Active · Food & drink · TF postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGNA SPECIALIST CONFECTIONERS LIMITED→ 01050340 · est 1972 | £95.46M £70.34M–£120.58M | £183.74M | — | 51800 | 54y | 93 | 89y |
| EVOLUTION FOODS LTD→ 05848642 · est 2006 | £29.61M £21.82M–£37.40M | — | — | 43 | 20y | 79 | 64y |
| COOPERS GOURMET FOODS LIMITED→ 02578344 · est 1991 | — | — | £633.2k | — | 35y | 83 | 65y |
| GILLS PUDDINGS LIMITED→ 05485533 · est 2005 | — | — | — | 53 | 20y | 83 | 67y |
| J K FRESH PRODUCE (WEST MIDLANDS) LIMITED→ 03291814 · est 1996 | — | — | £186.1k | — | 29y | 83 | 68y |
| GROVE FEEDS LTD→ 05007803 · est 2004 | — | — | — | 500 | 22y | 82 | 74y |
| IMAGE ON FOOD LIMITED→ 03032336 · est 1995 | — | — | £1.69M | — | 31y | 82 | 67y |
| FURR BOOST LIMITED→ 09183724 · est 2014 | — | — | £432.7k | — | 11y | 80 | 60y |
| A RYAN AND SON LIMITED→ 07789896 · est 2011 | — | — | £128.7k | — | 14y | 79 | 73y |
| MR TROTTER LTD→ 07761898 · est 2011 | — | — | — | 300 | 14y | 79 | 73y |
| RICHARD SOLARI FARMS LTD.→ 00625420 · est 1959 | — | — | £1.09M | — | 67y | 79 | 74y |
| PORTION SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 04284442 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890
Registered office
Unit D4 Horton Park Industrial Estate
Hortonwood 7
Telford
Shropshire
TF1 7GX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-15
Last: 2026-06-01
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
BEVAN, Mark Ronald→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2022-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COOPER, David Christopher→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2012-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KNOTT, James Russell→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2012-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
AKALIN MCGEE, Fatma→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2020-04-20 · resigned 2024-11-08
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Santander Santander UK PLC (As Security Trustee) | A registered charge | — | 09/04/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | Abn Amro Asset Based Finance N.V. | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/06/2022 | 08/05/2025 |
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Recent filings (51 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15