1WAY FOOD SERVICE LTD

💤Zombieactive
12445634 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-06
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47510
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47530Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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, 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£20£40£60£80£100Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£100
Current assets£100
Net assets£100
Average employees0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-11-12
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2024-11-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-06-10
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2024-02-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2024-02-08
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2024-02-08
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2023-11-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-02-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1WAY FOOD SERVICE LTD
  16. 2020-02-06
    AGCAGUL, Cetin appointed
    director
  17. 2020-02-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-11-12: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2024-06-10: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Cetin Agcagul
Individual · British · DOB 02/1985 · age 41
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/02/2020

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
Incorporated2020-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47510 — SIC 47510

Registered office

Unit A6
Brantwood Road
London
N17 0DX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

AGCAGUL, Cetin
director · ~41y · appointed 2020-02-06
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Recent filings (21 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-12
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-11-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-11
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-30