A J FOOD STORES LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10658926 · ltd · incorporated 2017-03-08
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 8.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£107.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.5y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £107,691
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£64k
↑ 3.4% YoY
Net Worth
£108k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£266k
↑ 9.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £650.7k | £538.9k |
| Current assets | £266.4k | £243.3k |
| Cash | £64.4k | £62.3k |
| Debtors | £106.3k | £83.9k |
| Net assets | £107.7k | £90.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
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.
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 (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-09-11➕CLARENCE RAJENDRAN, Marino Roshanthan appointeddirector
- 2024-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-06-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-06-19🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Interbay Funding, LTD
- 2024-06-19🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Interbay Funding, LTD
- 2023-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-11-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-11📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-12-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-06-13🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2017-12-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2017-03-08🏢Company incorporatedAs A J FOOD STORES LIMITED
- 2017-03-08➕BENEDICT, Antony Jeyanthiran appointeddirector
- 2017-03-08➕BENEDICT, Jennifer Fiona appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Antony Jeyanthiran Benedict Individual · British · DOB 10/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 08/03/2017 |
Mrs Jennifer Fiona Benedict Individual · British · DOB 12/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 08/03/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Registered office
46 The Drive
Bexley
DA5 3DE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BENEDICT, Antony Jeyanthiran→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2017-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BENEDICT, Jennifer Fiona→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2017-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLARENCE RAJENDRAN, Marino Roshanthan→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2025-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | InterBay Interbay Funding, LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/06/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | InterBay Interbay Funding, LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/06/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/06/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 21/12/2017 | — |
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Recent filings (30 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10