AL & AF FOODS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14425988 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-18
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£60.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £60,472

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£60k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£43k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£14k£27k£41k£55k£68kOct 2023Oct 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£84.2k£50.3k
Current assets£43.2k£68.4k
Net assets£60.5k£50.3k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2022-10-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AL & AF FOODS LIMITED
  5. 2022-10-18
    FREEMANTLE, Andrew Alan appointed
    director
  6. 2022-10-18
    LEWIS, Andrew James appointed
    director
  7. 2022-10-18
    📄
    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

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 Andrew James Lewis
Individual · British · DOB 07/1982 · age 44
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control18/10/2022
Mr Andrew Alan Freemantle
Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control18/10/2022

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Food & drink · EX postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
AFRIBOX LTD
11644311 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
ALLSPICE KITCHEN LIMITED
16517955 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ALOTA COFFEE LIMITED
15552026 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
AVOCET ALES LIMITED
11651536 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
BAR BUOY LTD
13149940 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
BARTON HOUSE BREWING COMPANY LIMITED
07451638 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
15y
BIG C SOFTDRINKS LTD
16475819 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
BLACKINGSTONE LTD
11575537 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
BLACKWELL'S PASTIES LIMITED
04499661 · est 2002 · no financials extracted
23y
BONNIE & BELLA'S CORNISH PAW-TISSERIE FOR DOGS LIMITED
13843323 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
4y
BOTTLED AND CANNED LTD
12210149 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
BRANSCOMBE VALE BREWERY LIMITED
04600140 · est 2002 · no financials extracted
23y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10850 — Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes

Registered office

Clysthaven Oil Mill Lane
Clyst St. Mary
Exeter
EX5 1AG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FREEMANTLE, Andrew Alan
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-10-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, Andrew James
director · ~44y · appointed 2022-10-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-10-18