DELIGHT SALADS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09942343 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-08
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 9.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01130
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.4y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (58/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
5 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
26 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-04-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2021-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-02-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2016-02-25✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2016-02-04📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-01-08🏢Company incorporatedAs DELIGHT SALADS LIMITED
- 2016-01-08➕DE LANG, Hermanus Gerrit appointedsecretary
- 2016-01-08➕DE LANG, Catharina Audrey Jayne appointeddirector
- 2016-01-08➕DE LANG, David Roy appointeddirector
- 2016-01-08➕DE LANG, Hermanus Gerrit appointeddirector
- 2016-01-08➕DE LANG, Robert Johannes appointeddirector
Owner dependency
56/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
Mill Nurseries Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Mill Nurseries Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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DELIGHT SALADS LIMITED
This company · 09942343
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
5 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mill Nurseries Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 07/01/2017 |
Mr Robert Johannes De Lang Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 07/01/2017 |
Mr David Roy De Lang Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 07/01/2017 |
Mr Hermanus Gerrit De Lang Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 07/01/2017 |
Ms Catharina Audrey Jayne De Lang Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 07/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-01-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01130 — SIC 01130
Registered office
Mill Nurseries Ottringham Road
Keyingham
Hull
HU12 9RX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
DE LANG, Hermanus Gerrit→
Activesecretary · appointed 2016-01-08
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DE LANG, Catharina Audrey Jayne→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2016-01-08
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DE LANG, David Roy→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2016-01-08
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DE LANG, Hermanus Gerrit→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2016-01-08
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DE LANG, Robert Johannes→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2016-01-08
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 28/04/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 10/02/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (26 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-15