9JA FRESH LTD

🌱Startupactive
16624071 · ltd · incorporated 2025-08-03
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: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46390Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
  • 52103SIC 52103
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 (51/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
1 filing — limited history
30
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 9JA FRESH LTD
  2. 2025-08-03
    DIYAOLU, Mulikat Yetunde appointed
    secretary
  3. 2025-08-03
    OPATOKUN, Ridhwan Mayowa appointed
    director
  4. 2025-08-03
    📄
    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 0.8 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
Mr Ridhwan Mayowa Opatokun
Individual · Nigerian · DOB 06/1991 · age 35
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control03/08/2025

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
Incorporated2025-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

2 Three Corners Road
Oxford
OX4 7UE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DIYAOLU, Mulikat Yetunde
secretary · appointed 2025-08-03
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Active
OPATOKUN, Ridhwan Mayowa
director · ~35y · appointed 2025-08-03
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Recent filings (1 total)

incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-08-03