5 STAR FRUIT AND VEG LONDON LTD

💤Zombieactive
08500317 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-23
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.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Hygiene score: 85 → 90
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Hygiene score: 8590
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company 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. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
42 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.

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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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£572k£1.1m£1.7m£2.3m£2.9mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£419.8k
Current assets£2.86M
Net assets£365.4k
Average employees2500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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  2. 2026-02-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-06-19
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  6. 2025-06-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-06-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2025-06-19
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2025-06-18
    JOHAL, Daljit Singh resigned
    director
  10. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-12-29
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  12. 2022-12-28
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  13. 2021-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-28
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  17. 2018-07-11
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    gazette · DISS40
  18. 2018-07-10
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    gazette · GAZ1
  19. 2013-04-24
    SINGH, Kuldeep appointed
    director
  20. 2013-04-24
    JOHAL, Daljit Singh appointed
    director
  21. 2013-04-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 5 STAR FRUIT AND VEG LONDON LTD
  22. 2013-04-23
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  23. 2013-04-23
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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 13 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

5 Star Fruit And Veg (Spitalfields) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
5 Star Fruit And Veg (Spitalfields) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
5 STAR FRUIT AND VEG LONDON LTD
This company · 08500317

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
5 Star Fruit And Veg (Spitalfields) Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares19/06/2025
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Southwill Limitedceased 19/06/2025· significant influence
  • 5 Star Fruit And Veg (Spitalfields) Ltdceased 18/06/2025· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Kuldeep Singhceased 18/06/2025· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Daljit Johalceased 18/06/2025· 25-50% shares

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

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
Incorporated2013-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46310 — Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Registered office

416 Green Lane
Ilford
Essex
IG3 9JX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-07
Last: 2025-04-23

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

SINGH, Kuldeep
director · ~52y · appointed 2013-04-24
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Active
JOHAL, Daljit Singh
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-04-24 · resigned 2025-06-18
Resigned
KAHAN, Barbara
director · ~95y · appointed 2013-04-23 · resigned 2013-04-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-06-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27