AC FOOD U.K LTD

🌱Startupactive
16523271 · ltd · incorporated 2025-06-17
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: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
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: low (54/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
5 filings
60
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
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 address
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 address
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 address
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-02
    LARKHALL TURKISH BARBERS LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  2. 2026-06-02
    CUPI, Abas resigned
    director
  3. 2026-06-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2026-06-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-06-02
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2026-06-02
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    appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP02
  7. 2025-06-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AC FOOD U.K LTD
  8. 2025-06-17
    CUPI, Abas appointed
    director
  9. 2025-06-17
    📄
    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 1.0 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-06-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

126 Abbey Hey Lane
Abbey Hey
Manchester
M18 8TH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last:

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

LARKHALL TURKISH BARBERS LTD
corporate-director · appointed 2026-06-02
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Active
CUPI, Abas
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-06-17 · resigned 2026-06-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (5 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-06-02
appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP02
2026-06-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-06-17