2 FRIENDS CATERING COMPANY LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13463323 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-17
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£6.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Event catering activities
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,277
Cash YoY
+819%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£20k
↑ 819% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↑ 60% YoY
Current Assets
£21k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£4k£9k£13k£17k£21kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£6.3k£3.9k
Current assets£21.4k£19.4k
Cash£19.9k£2.2k
Debtors£15.4k
Net assets£6.3k£3.9k

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

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2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-06-18
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2021-06-18
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2021-06-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 2 FRIENDS CATERING COMPANY LTD
  8. 2021-06-17
    KHAREL, Bikram appointed
    director
  9. 2021-06-17
    TIWANA, Sukjaben Singh appointed
    director
  10. 2021-06-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bikram Kharel
Individual · British · DOB 11/1981 · age 45
2550%
25-50% shares17/06/2021
Mr Sukjaben Singh Tiwana
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
2550%
25-50% shares17/06/2021

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
Incorporated2021-06-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

173 Tatbank Road
Oldbury
B69 4NH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-02
Last: 2025-06-18

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KHAREL, Bikram
director · ~45y · appointed 2021-06-17
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Active
TIWANA, Sukjaben Singh
director · ~62y · appointed 2021-06-17
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-06-17