ASIAN GROCERY HUB LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15040173 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-31
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
£520
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47190Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
  • 47210Retail sale of fruit and vegetables in specialised stores
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed wholesale with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £520

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£520
Current Assets
£48k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-31
Total assets£520
Current assets£47.7k
Net assets£520

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 (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2023-07-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASIAN GROCERY HUB LIMITED
  3. 2023-07-31
    EAPEN, Jinuer appointed
    director
  4. 2023-07-31
    VARUGHESE ISAC, Crisin appointed
    director
  5. 2023-07-31
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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: 2026-05-07

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jinuer Eapen
Individual · British · DOB 06/1984 · age 42
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control31/07/2023
Mr Crisin Varughese Isac
Individual · Indian · DOB 03/1988 · age 38
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control31/07/2023

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
Incorporated2023-07-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

21 Rosemary Gardens
Hereford
HR1 1UW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-07OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

EAPEN, Jinuer
director · ~42y · appointed 2023-07-31
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Active
VARUGHESE ISAC, Crisin
director · ~38y · appointed 2023-07-31
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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-31