AL BARKA FOODS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
12699525 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-26
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£-60.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £60,847

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£61k
Current Assets
£1k
Current Liabilities
-£61k-£48k-£36k-£24k-£11k£1kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£20.2k
Current assets£1.2k
Net assets£-60.8k

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
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-03
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-06-02
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-09-17
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2025-09-16
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2025-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-15
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2021-09-14
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2021-09-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-06-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AL BARKA FOODS LIMITED
  14. 2020-06-26
    JAVED, Adeel, Nr appointed
    director
  15. 2020-06-26
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    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

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Nr Adeel Javed
Individual · British · DOB 12/1983 · age 43
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/06/2020

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
Incorporated2020-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

60 High Street
Banbury
OX16 5JJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

JAVED, Adeel, Nr
director · ~43y · appointed 2020-06-26
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Recent filings (18 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-06-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-09-15
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-09-14