ADVA FOOD SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08391672 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-06
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
54 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
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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £2,317,131
Key financials
1 year 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 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £2.32M |
| Average employees | 95 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-04📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-07📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-10-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-10-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-22📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-07-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-07-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-06-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-08➕KASTRO, Sara Jannine appointeddirector
- 2013-12-19➖WONG, Hwa Soon resigneddirector
- 2013-08-25➕WONG, Hwa Soon appointeddirector
- 2013-03-24➕KASTRO, Sara Jannine appointedsecretary
- 2013-02-06🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVA FOOD SERVICES LIMITED
- 2013-02-06➕KASTRO, Meir Ohad appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
49/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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 |
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Mr Meir Ohad Kastro Individual · English · DOB 05/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Sara Jannine Kastro Individual · British · DOB 03/1977 · age 49 | 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.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
C/O Goldwyns London Llp
No.1 Royal Exchange
London
EC3V 3DG
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-25
Last: 2025-07-11
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
KASTRO, Sara Jannine→
Activesecretary · appointed 2013-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KASTRO, Meir Ohad→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2013-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KASTRO, Sara Jannine→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2018-03-08
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WONG, Hwa Soon→
Resigneddirector · ~44y · appointed 2013-08-25 · resigned 2013-12-19
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Recent filings (54 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-03
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-10-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-07-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15