AHMED FOODS NE LTD

🌱Startupactive
16805151 · ltd · incorporated 2025-10-23
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
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-03
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-10-30
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-10-30
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-10-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AHMED FOODS NE LTD
  5. 2025-10-23
    AHMED, Mansoor appointed
    director
  6. 2025-10-23
    AHMED, Thyeub appointed
    director
  7. 2025-10-23
    AHMED, Zeshaan appointed
    director
  8. 2025-10-23
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "AHMED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 0.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-10-30: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mansoor Ahmed
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control23/10/2025
Mr Mushtaq Ahmed
Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72
25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control23/10/2025

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
Incorporated2025-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

6 Northcote Street
Stockton-On-Tees
TS18 3JB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-23
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last:

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

AHMED, Mansoor
director · ~65y · appointed 2025-10-23
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Active
AHMED, Thyeub
director · ~36y · appointed 2025-10-23
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Active
AHMED, Zeshaan
director · ~40y · appointed 2025-10-23
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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-03
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-10-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-10-23