CHILLI PEPPER CATERING LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11205062 · ltd · incorporated 2018-02-14
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 7.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 7.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
23 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1000 | 1000 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-11-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-02-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2018-08-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-08-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2018-07-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-07-12➕ASLIN, Joanne Claire appointeddirector
- 2018-02-14🏢Company incorporatedAs CHILLI PEPPER CATERING LIMITED
- 2018-02-14➕ASLIN, Martin Charles appointeddirector
- 2018-02-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Joanne Claire Aslin Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/02/2022 |
Mr Martin Charles Aslin Individual · British · DOB 01/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 14/02/2018 |
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
Incorporated2018-02-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10850 — Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
Registered office
13 Wynford Industrial Estate
Romsey
SO51 0PW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ASLIN, Joanne Claire→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2018-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ASLIN, Martin Charles→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2018-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 13/08/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (23 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-02-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17