ADDOW LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15723548 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-16
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 May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
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 60/100 (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 (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
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
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth 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
64
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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-31

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • 2 dissolution
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 3 gazette
  • 2 dissolution
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-27
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    dissolution-voluntary-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · SOAS(A)
  2. 2026-06-02
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  3. 2026-05-23
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2026-05-20
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  5. 2026-05-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2026-04-28
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2025-06-18
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-06-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-06-02
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2025-05-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2025-05-15
    AL TAJ, Omar appointed
    director
  12. 2025-05-15
    IBRAHIM-ALI, Anab resigned
    director
  13. 2024-09-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2024-09-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2024-05-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADDOW LTD
  16. 2024-05-16
    IBRAHIM-ALI, Anab appointed
    director
  17. 2024-05-16
    📄
    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 · 1 low
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-29

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Omar Altaj
Individual · British · DOB 02/1986 · age 40
sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest15/05/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Anab Ibrahim-Aliceased 15/05/2025· 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
Incorporated2024-05-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

37 Stokes Croft
Bristol
BS1 3PY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-29OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-15

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

AL TAJ, Omar
director · ~40y · appointed 2025-05-15
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Active
IBRAHIM-ALI, Anab
director · ~33y · appointed 2024-05-16 · resigned 2025-05-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

dissolution-voluntary-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · SOAS(A)
2026-06-27
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-06-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-05-23
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-16