T D MEATS LIMITED
- 46320Wholesale of meat and meat products
Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), 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: 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: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £38.9k | £80.8k |
| Current assets | £183.6k | £254.0k |
| Cash | £4.5k | £4.1k |
| Debtors | £108.1k | £162.5k |
| Net assets | £646 | £80.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-02📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-07-01📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-07-05📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-07-04📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-17🏢Company incorporatedAs T D MEATS LIMITED
- 2019-04-17➕DILLON, John appointeddirector
- 2019-04-17➕TOPPING, Alan Thomas appointeddirector
- 2019-04-17📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 high ·Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.
Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-30
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alan Thomas Topping Individual · Northern Irish · DOB 11/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 17/04/2019 |
Mr John Dillon Individual · British · DOB 12/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 17/04/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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