444 FISH AND CHIPS LTD

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16136653 · ltd · incorporated 2024-12-16
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56210Event catering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-08
    MARDANLOUGHASHGHAEI, Samira appointed
    director
  2. 2025-09-08
    ASGHAR, Kashif resigned
    director
  3. 2025-09-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-09-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-09-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-09-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-01-06
    AFZAL, Zahid resigned
    director
  8. 2025-01-06
    ASGHAR, Kashif appointed
    director
  9. 2025-01-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2025-01-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2025-01-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2025-01-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2024-12-16
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    Company incorporated
    As 444 FISH AND CHIPS LTD
  14. 2024-12-16
    AFZAL, Zahid appointed
    director
  15. 2024-12-16
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    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 1.4 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Samira Mardanloughashghaei
Individual · Iranian · DOB 10/1993 · age 33
sig. influencesignificant influence08/09/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Kashif Asgharceased 08/09/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest
  • Mr Zahid Afzalceased 06/01/2025· 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
Incorporated2024-12-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

178 Trescott Road
Birmingham
B31 5QD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-16
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MARDANLOUGHASHGHAEI, Samira
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-09-08
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Active
AFZAL, Zahid
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-12-16 · resigned 2025-01-06
Resigned
ASGHAR, Kashif
director · ~37y · appointed 2025-01-06 · resigned 2025-09-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-12-16