PARS FOODS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC168385 · ltd · incorporated 1996-09-20

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 14.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10130

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 14.1y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 14.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

83 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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2025-03-28
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2024-03-07
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2023-03-23
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2022-03-30
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2021-01-29
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2020-01-28
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2018-12-04
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2018-02-21
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2016-10-07
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mortgage · MR01
2016-09-28
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mortgage · MR01
2016-09-27
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2016-09-26
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2015-11-23
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accounts · AA
2015-09-23
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2015-06-11
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2015-01-05
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SARAFILOVIC, Helen appointed
secretary
2015-01-05
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SARAFILOVIC, Radovan resigned
secretary
2012-04-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1998-06-30
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SARAFILOVIC, Andre resigned
director
1997-06-28
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SARAFILOVIC, Brian appointed
director
1997-03-07
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SARAFILOVIC, Radovan appointed
director
1997-03-07
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SARAFILOVIC, Radovan appointed
secretary
1997-03-07
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SARAFILOVIC, Andre appointed
director
1996-09-20
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Company incorporated
As PARS FOODS LIMITED
1996-09-20
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REID, Brian appointed
nominee-secretary
1996-09-20
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REID, Brian resigned
nominee-secretary
1996-09-20
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MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
nominee-director
1996-09-20
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MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Brian Sarafilovic Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Helen Sarafilovic Individual · British · DOB 11/1970 · age 56	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1996-09-20

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10130 — SIC 10130

Registered office

8/12 Glentanar Road

Balmore Industrial Estate

Glasgow

G22 7XS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-04

Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SARAFILOVIC, Helen→

secretary · appointed 2015-01-05

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Active

SARAFILOVIC, Brian→

director · ~57y · appointed 1997-06-28

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SARAFILOVIC, Radovan→

director · ~69y · appointed 1997-03-07

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Active

REID, Brian→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-09-20 · resigned 1996-09-20

Resigned

SARAFILOVIC, Radovan→

secretary · appointed 1997-03-07 · resigned 2015-01-05

Resigned

MABBOTT, Stephen→

nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1996-09-20 · resigned 1996-09-20

Resigned

SARAFILOVIC, Andre→

director · ~63y · appointed 1997-03-07 · resigned 1998-06-30

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	27/09/2016	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	26/09/2016	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	20/04/2012	—

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