A&G CATERING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14040688 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-12
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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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 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-04-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-04-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-04-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2024-04-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-04-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-04-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-02-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2022-04-12
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    Company incorporated
    As A&G CATERING LTD
  13. 2022-04-12
    HOPE, Graham Paul appointed
    director
  14. 2022-04-12
    LOVE, Alisdair Graham appointed
    director
  15. 2022-04-12
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-25

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham Paul Hope
Individual · British · DOB 05/1981 · age 45
2550%
25-50% shares12/07/2023
Mr Alisdair Graham Love
Individual · British · DOB 06/1978 · age 48
2550%
25-50% shares12/07/2023
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Graham Paul Hopeceased 12/07/2023· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Graham Paul Hopeceased 12/07/2023· 25-50% shares
  • A&G Security And Events Ltdceased 12/07/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2022-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

125 London Road
Headington
Oxford
OX3 9HZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-25OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HOPE, Graham Paul
director · ~45y · appointed 2022-04-12
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Active
LOVE, Alisdair Graham
director · ~48y · appointed 2022-04-12
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Active

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Recent filings (15 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-02-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-04-12