LOWE DAVIDSON FOODS LTD

🌱Startupactive
16483785 · ltd · incorporated 2025-05-29
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
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: low (46/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As LOWE DAVIDSON FOODS LTD
  2. 2025-05-29
    CRICK, Daniel Joseph appointed
    director
  3. 2025-05-29
    CRICK, Heather appointed
    director
  4. 2025-05-29
    LOWE, Samuel David appointed
    director
  5. 2025-05-29
    LOWE, Thomas James appointed
    director
  6. 2025-05-29
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LOWE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.1 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-05-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

Shanty Farm Moss Lane
Byley
Middlewich
CW10 9NG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-11
Last: 2026-05-28

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

CRICK, Daniel Joseph
director · ~36y · appointed 2025-05-29
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Active
CRICK, Heather
director · ~34y · appointed 2025-05-29
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Active
LOWE, Samuel David
director · ~30y · appointed 2025-05-29
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Active
LOWE, Thomas James
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-05-29
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Active

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Recent filings (2 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-05-29