ABDULS (YORKSHIRE) LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12480137 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-24
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (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
2 live charges · oldest 1.0y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
85
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1300 | 500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-06-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-06-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-06-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-05-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-03-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-02-24🏢Company incorporatedAs ABDULS (YORKSHIRE) LTD
- 2020-02-24➕GHAFOOR, Abdul appointeddirector
- 2020-02-24➕GHAFOOR, Jill appointeddirector
- 2020-02-24📄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 6 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
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 Abdul Ghafoor Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 24/02/2020 |
Mrs Jill Ghafoor Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 30/04/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| ADAMS LETTING & MANAGEMENT LTD→ 11167382 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-02-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Registered office
Unit 9 Sheepscar Way
Leeds
LS7 3JB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GHAFOOR, Abdul→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2020-02-24
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GHAFOOR, Jill→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2020-02-24
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 05/06/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 05/06/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (20 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-06-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-03-02