ABC FOOD LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
15283566 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-14
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 Nov 2025
Net worth
£455
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £455
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,312 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£455
↓ 74% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £455 | £1.8k |
| Current assets | £1.2k | £941 |
| Net assets | £455 | £1.8k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-21📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2024-11-21📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2024-11-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-11-20📄elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-registerofficers · EH02
- 2023-11-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ABC FOOD LTD
- 2023-11-14➕KO, Ming Fai appointeddirector
- 2023-11-14➕KO, Ping Siu appointeddirector
- 2023-11-14➕KO, Wai Yin appointeddirector
- 2023-11-14➕YEUNG, Yee Ping appointeddirector
- 2023-11-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
60/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Young company: Only 2.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
20/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — KO, Ming Fai (same surname) appointed 2023-11-14. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-11-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Registered office
5 Forrester Gardens
5 Forrester Gardens
Milton Keynes
MK4 4PN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
KO, Ming Fai→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2023-11-14
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KO, Ping Siu→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2023-11-14
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Active
YEUNG, Yee Ping→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2023-11-14
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Recent filings (9 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2024-11-21
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-20
elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
officers · EH02
2024-11-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-14