AB PATEL & CO LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15656515 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-17
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47190Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
  • 47260SIC 47260
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. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 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
8 filings
60
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

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

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30
Average employees300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-04-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-08-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-08-15
    SHAIKH, Anwarmiya Bashirmiya appointed
    director
  7. 2024-04-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AB PATEL & CO LIMITED
  8. 2024-04-17
    PATEL, Arpitkumar appointed
    director
  9. 2024-04-17
    PATEL, Milap Jayantkumar appointed
    director
  10. 2024-04-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PATEL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Arpitkumar Patel
Individual · Indian · DOB 06/1996 · age 30
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/04/2024
Mr Milap Jayantkumar Patel
Individual · Indian · DOB 11/1995 · age 31
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/04/2024

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
Incorporated2024-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

82 Deeside Road
London
SW17 0PL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

PATEL, Arpitkumar
director · ~30y · appointed 2024-04-17
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Active
PATEL, Milap Jayantkumar
director · ~31y · appointed 2024-04-17
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Active
SHAIKH, Anwarmiya Bashirmiya
director · ~54y · appointed 2024-08-15
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-17