FOUNDATION COFFEE ROASTERS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12272223 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-21
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10832
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees500500

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-15
    ➖
    FOX, David Nicholas resigned
    director
  7. 2022-08-15
    ➖
    SMITH, Michael John resigned
    director
  8. 2022-08-15
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-08-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2020-10-26
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-10-21
    ➖
    AMURA, Marco Gervafio resigned
    director
  14. 2019-10-30
    ➕
    MCWILLIAMS, Joel appointed
    director
  15. 2019-10-30
    ➕
    FOX, David Nicholas appointed
    director
  16. 2019-10-30
    ➖
    MCWILLIAMS, Thomas Anthony resigned
    director
  17. 2019-10-30
    ➕
    SMITH, Michael John appointed
    director
  18. 2019-10-30
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2019-10-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2019-10-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2019-10-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2019-10-25
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  23. 2019-10-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FOUNDATION COFFEE ROASTERS LIMITED
  24. 2019-10-21
    ➕
    FARMER, Jack Peter appointed
    director
  25. 2019-10-21
    ➕
    AMURA, Marco Gervafio appointed
    director
  26. 2019-10-21
    ➕
    MCWILLIAMS, Thomas Anthony appointed
    director
  27. 2019-10-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

St Ives Food Co Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
St Ives Food Co Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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FOUNDATION COFFEE ROASTERS LIMITED
This company · 12272223

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
St Ives Food Co Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/10/2019

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
Incorporated2019-10-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10832 — SIC 10832

Registered office

Unit 1 Penbeagle Industrial Estate
St. Ives
Cornwall
TR26 2JH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

FARMER, Jack Peter→
director · ~38y · appointed 2019-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCWILLIAMS, Joel→
director · ~33y · appointed 2019-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AMURA, Marco Gervafio→
director · ~45y · appointed 2019-10-21 · resigned 2020-10-21
Resigned
FOX, David Nicholas→
director · ~63y · appointed 2019-10-30 · resigned 2022-08-15
Resigned
MCWILLIAMS, Thomas Anthony→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-10-21 · resigned 2019-10-30
Resigned
SMITH, Michael John→
director · ~48y · appointed 2019-10-30 · resigned 2022-08-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2020-11-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-26