AFRICAN FLAVOUR LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16211855 · ltd · incorporated 2025-01-27
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
year to Jan 2026
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47110Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
  • 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
  • 56290Other food services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. 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, 4 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
10 filings on record
85
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
Metric2026-01-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-05-11
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-02-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-09-01
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-09-01
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-08-29
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-08-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2025-08-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2025-01-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AFRICAN FLAVOUR LIMITED
  11. 2025-01-27
    DA-SILVA, Akintoye appointed
    director
  12. 2025-01-27
    📄
    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 1.3 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: 2026-02-09

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Akintoye Da-Silva
Individual · Nigerian · DOB 10/1982 · age 44
board controlboard control · trust interest · firm interest27/01/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Joy Adetunmininu Ademolaceased 27/01/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% 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
Incorporated2025-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46390 — Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco

Registered office

7 Foxtail Close
Grimsby
DN33 3BF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-02-09OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

DA-SILVA, Akintoye
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-01-27
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Recent filings (10 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-19
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-05-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-01-27