205 FOODS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15662967 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-20
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
£922
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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: 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, 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 (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
5 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £922

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£822
Net Worth
£922
Current Assets
£922
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Current assets£922
Cash£822
Debtors£100
Net assets£922

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

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2 signals 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
3
filings
  • 2 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-04-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 205 FOODS LTD
  4. 2024-04-20
    ANTWI, Ernest Arthur appointed
    director
  5. 2024-04-20
    OFORI, Kofi Amaning appointed
    director
  6. 2024-04-20
    📄
    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 2.1 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

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 Kofi Amaning Ofori
Individual · British · DOB 05/1983 · age 43
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/04/2024
Ernest Arthur Antwi
Individual · British · DOB 05/1984 · age 42
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/04/2024

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
Incorporated2024-04-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

88 Schoolfield Road
Grays
RM20 3AP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ANTWI, Ernest Arthur
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-04-20
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Active
OFORI, Kofi Amaning
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-04-20
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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-20