108 FOODS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09840091 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-26
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£50.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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 (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £50,392
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,185 YoY
Cash YoY
+145%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£76k
↑ 145% YoY
Net Worth
£50k
↓ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£886k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £50.4k | £51.6k |
| Current assets | £886.1k | £796.3k |
| Cash | £75.7k | £30.9k |
| Debtors | £434.1k | £404.6k |
| Net assets | £50.4k | £51.6k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-12-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-12-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-12-08📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-25📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-02-01📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-02-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-10-30📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-10-30📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-10-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-10-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-09-30➖WM BROWN (REGISTRARS) LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2019-05-01➕MEHTA, Siddhi appointeddirector
- 2015-10-26🏢Company incorporatedAs 108 FOODS LIMITED
- 2015-10-26➕CHANDARIA, Kalindi appointeddirector
- 2015-10-26➕WM BROWN (REGISTRARS) LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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.)
Group structure
108 Foods Services Sa is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
108 Foods Services Sa
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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108 FOODS LIMITED
This company · 09840091
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
108 Foods Services Sa Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 31/03/2020 |
Ms Siddhi Mehta Individual · Belgian · DOB 12/1984 · age 42 | — | — | board controlboard control | 01/05/2019 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- 108 Foods Sarlceased 31/03/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Mrs Kalindi Chandariaceased 01/05/2019· board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-10-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890
Registered office
49 Queens Gardens
London
W2 3AA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-09
Last: 2025-10-26
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
CHANDARIA, Kalindi→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2015-10-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MEHTA, Siddhi→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2019-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WM BROWN (REGISTRARS) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2015-10-26 · resigned 2020-09-30
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Recent filings (44 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-12-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30