EXCELLENT GOURMET TRADING LTD

💤Zombieactive

09178679 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-15

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 opening · high confidence

More negotiable than before — 4 signals weakening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 90 → 50
· Bankability: 75 → 55
· Deal-killer verdict: workable → complicated
· Opportunity score: 74 → 64

Opportunity decay

softening · 6-months

Softening — cumulative signals suggest this becomes more negotiable over the next 3–6 months.

· 4 recent signals weakening vs 0 strengthening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 4 negative signals vs 0 positive.

↓Deal-killer verdict: workable → complicated
↓Opportunity score: 74 → 64
↓Hygiene score: 90 → 50
↓Bankability: 75 → 55
·Distress / opportunity: avoid → speculative

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Aug 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

64/100

Worth a look

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10890

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

64/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

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2016-05-27
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COOK, Amanda Rita appointed
director
2016-05-27
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VERRILLI, Claudio appointed
director
2016-05-27
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VERRILLI, Claudio resigned
director
2014-08-15
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Company incorporated
As EXCELLENT GOURMET TRADING LTD
2014-08-15
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VERRILLI, Claudio appointed
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

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high ·

Accounts overdue

high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-31

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Amanda Rita Cook Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	15/08/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Claudio Verrilliceased 24/03/2019· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-08-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

5i Cricket Street Business Park

Cricket Street

Wigan

WN6 7TP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31OVERDUE

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-29

Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

COOK, Amanda Rita→

director · ~57y · appointed 2016-05-27

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Active

VERRILLI, Claudio→

director · ~53y · appointed 2016-05-27 · resigned 2023-05-23

Resigned

VERRILLI, Claudio→

director · ~53y · appointed 2014-08-15 · resigned 2016-05-27

Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

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2024-08-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-20

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-29

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-07-25

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-06-29

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-06-29

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accounts · AA

2023-06-01

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-09

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