AB CANARY LTD

💤Zombieactive
14501586 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of food in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-26
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2024-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-22
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2024-03-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-09-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-04-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2023-04-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-04-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-04-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2023-03-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-11-23
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    Company incorporated
    As AB CANARY LTD
  13. 2022-11-23
    DE PAULA CARMO, Marcus Vinicius appointed
    director
  14. 2022-11-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Acai Holding Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Acai Holding Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
AB CANARY LTD
This company · 14501586

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Acai Holding Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence25/04/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Marcus Vinicius De Paula Carmoceased 25/04/2023· 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.

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-11-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47290 — Other retail sale of food in specialised stores

Registered office

27 Margaret Street
Fourth Floor
London
W1W 8RY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

DE PAULA CARMO, Marcus Vinicius
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-11-23
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Recent filings (15 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-04-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-11-23