44EASTSTREETHORSHAM LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15580537 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-20
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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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 61/100 (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 (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees600

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-04-11
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-04-11
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-04-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-04-01
    GUNDOGDU, Bekir Ali Giran appointed
    director
  7. 2025-04-01
    GUNDOGDU, Aziz Mahmut Hudayi resigned
    director
  8. 2024-03-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 44EASTSTREETHORSHAM LIMITED
  9. 2024-03-20
    GUNDOGDU, Aziz Mahmut Hudayi appointed
    director
  10. 2024-03-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

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: 2026-04-30

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Bekir Ali Giran Gundogdu
Individual · British · DOB 01/2003 · age 23
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/04/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Aziz Mahmut Hudayi Gundogduceased 01/04/2025· 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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

44 East Street
Horsham
RH12 1HN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-30OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-16

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

GUNDOGDU, Bekir Ali Giran
director · ~23y · appointed 2025-04-01
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Active
GUNDOGDU, Aziz Mahmut Hudayi
director · ~25y · appointed 2024-03-20 · resigned 2025-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-20