101WHITEHEADS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13861483 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-20
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (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
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 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
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-02-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2022-02-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-01-20
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    Company incorporated
    As 101WHITEHEADS LTD
  7. 2022-01-20
    PATEL, Dilipkumar Bhikhubhai appointed
    director
  8. 2022-01-20
    PATEL, Jagruti appointed
    director
  9. 2022-01-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Priyaben Dilipkumar Patel
Individual · British · DOB 02/1991 · age 35
sig. influencesignificant influence20/01/2022
Mrs Jagruti Patel
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
sig. influencesignificant influence20/01/2022
Sagar Dilip Patel
Individual · British · DOB 01/1999 · age 27
sig. influencesignificant influence20/01/2022
Mr Dilipkumar Bhikhubhai Patel
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
sig. influencesignificant influence20/01/2022

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
Incorporated2022-01-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

101 Town Street
Farsley
Pudsey
LS28 5HX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PATEL, Dilipkumar Bhikhubhai
director · ~67y · appointed 2022-01-20
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Active
PATEL, Jagruti
director · ~62y · appointed 2022-01-20
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-02-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-01-20