A & D COUNTRY CATERING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13629702 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-17
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£-2.8k
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 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 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,841

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£3k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↑ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£4k-£2k-£280£2k£4k£6kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£-2.8k£-4.4k
Current assets£6.0k£4.1k
Net assets£-2.8k£-4.4k

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
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 (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-09-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A & D COUNTRY CATERING LTD
  7. 2021-09-17
    POOL, Anthony Keith appointed
    director
  8. 2021-09-17
    TWINAME, Denise appointed
    director
  9. 2021-09-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Anthony Keith Pool
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/09/2021
Mrs Denise Twiname
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/09/2021

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
Incorporated2021-09-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

C/O Towers + Gornall Ltd River View, 96 High Street
Garstang
Preston
Lancashire
PR3 1WZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

POOL, Anthony Keith
director · ~67y · appointed 2021-09-17
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Active
TWINAME, Denise
director · ~66y · appointed 2021-09-17
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-09-17