EURO FOODS (UK) LIMITED
- 10850Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
- 46320Wholesale of meat and meat products
- 46380Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Opportunity 79/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 137 | 8900 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-11📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-05-15➖GHAFOOR, Shahid resignedsecretary
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-01➕JABBAR, Siabel appointeddirector
- 2021-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-07📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-08-18➕GHAFOOR, Shahid appointedsecretary
- 2021-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2014-01-21🏢Company incorporatedAs EURO FOODS (UK) LIMITED
- 2014-01-21➕HUSSAIN, Shelim appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Efg Food & Tech Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Efg Food & Tech Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Shelim Hussain Individual · British · DOB 02/1973 · age 53 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EURO FOODS GROUP LIMITED→ 03028250 · est 1995 | £2.97M £2.19M–£3.75M | — | — | 362 | 31y | 85 | 61y |
| B SIDOLI & SONS LIMITED→ 00768047 · est 1963 | — | — | — | 20 | 62y | 82 | 72y |
| CLIVE'S BAKERY LIMITED→ 04702548 · est 2003 | — | — | £602 | — | 23y | 82 | 85y |
| SHODA SAUCES EUROPE COMPANY LIMITED→ 02646875 · est 1991 | — | — | £3.67M | — | 34y | 82 | 67y |
| COUNTRY TASTES LIMITED→ 01611745 · est 1982 | — | — | £314.4k | — | 44y | 80 | 76y |
| HELEN'S HOMEBAKES LIMITED→ 04695950 · est 2003 | — | — | £11 | — | 23y | 80 | 60y |
| ON POINT BREW COMPANY LIMITED→ 06795650 · est 2009 | — | — | — | 2 | 17y | 80 | 80y |
| RHYDIMOOR FARMS LIMITED→ 08222560 · est 2012 | — | — | £500.1k | — | 13y | 80 | 65y |
| SILVER CIRCLE DISTILLERY LIMITED→ 11700852 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| SLAINTE HIGHLAND SPIRITS LIMITED→ 09994788 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| SMASH'D STREET FOOD LTD→ 16391893 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| SPIRIT OF WALES LTD→ 12986165 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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