ABDUL AHMED FOODS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14611734 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-23
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
£-806
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
9 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £806

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£806
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 6.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£918£360£2k£3k£4k£5kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£99£-233
Current assets£5.1k£5.5k
Net assets£-806£-918

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
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
    AHMED, Fiaz appointed
    director
  2. 2026-03-27
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-03-27
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-10-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABDUL AHMED FOODS LIMITED
  7. 2023-01-23
    AHMED, Camran appointed
    director
  8. 2023-01-23
    📄
    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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "AHMED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Fiaz Ahmed
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 05/1974 · age 52
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/03/2026
Mr Camran Ahmed
Individual · British · DOB 10/1983 · age 43
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control23/01/2023

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
Incorporated2023-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

74 Egerton Street
Farnworth
Bolton
BL4 7LE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AHMED, Camran
director · ~43y · appointed 2023-01-23
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Active
AHMED, Fiaz
director · ~52y · appointed 2026-03-27
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-01-23