CHILLI BROTHERS GOURMET CONDIMENT COMPANY LTD.

💤Zombieactive
09579658 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-07
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-15.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10840
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £15,382
Cash YoY
+15%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↑ 15% YoY
Net Worth
-£15k
↑ 5.9% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£16k-£13k-£9k-£5k-£1k£2kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£-15.4k£-16.3k
Current assets£2.3k£2.0k
Cash£1.8k£1.6k
Net assets£-15.4k£-16.3k

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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  2. 2025-03-14
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  3. 2024-03-15
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  4. 2023-04-25
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  5. 2022-03-04
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  6. 2021-04-22
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  7. 2020-02-26
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  8. 2019-07-04
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  9. 2019-02-20
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-25
    WALKER, Roger Vincent resigned
    director
  12. 2017-07-25
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-02-07
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  14. 2016-07-01
    RIVA, Nathalie Rebecca appointed
    director
  15. 2016-07-01
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  16. 2016-07-01
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  17. 2016-07-01
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  18. 2015-06-23
    RIVA, Nathalie resigned
    director
  19. 2015-06-10
    WALKER, Roger Vincent appointed
    director
  20. 2015-05-07
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    Company incorporated
    As CHILLI BROTHERS GOURMET CONDIMENT COMPANY LTD.
  21. 2015-05-07
    RIVA, Nathalie 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

50/100
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.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Nathalie Rebecca Riva
Individual · Swiss · DOB 12/1980 · age 46
75100%
75-100% shares30/06/2019

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-05-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10840 — SIC 10840

Registered office

9 Fountains Place
Eye
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE6 7XP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-07
Last: 2026-06-23

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

RIVA, Nathalie Rebecca
director · ~46y · appointed 2016-07-01
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Active
RIVA, Nathalie
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-05-07 · resigned 2015-06-23
Resigned
WALKER, Roger Vincent
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-06-10 · resigned 2017-07-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-07-04