CHOI'S CHOICE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC226921 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-14
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
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. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 24.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees300200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-11-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2019-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-01-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2018-01-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-12
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-04-14
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-03-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2002-03-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2002-01-14
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    Company incorporated
    As CHOI'S CHOICE LIMITED
  19. 2002-01-14
    ➕
    CHOI, Angela Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-01-14
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    CHOI, Angela Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 2002-01-14
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    CHOI, Yau Wan appointed
    director
  22. 2002-01-14
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-01-14
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-01-14
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-01-14
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHOI" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Yau Wan Choi
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Angela Elizabeth Choi
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-01-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

19-21 Saltoun Square
Fraserburgh
Aberdeenshire
AB43 9DA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CHOI, Angela Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHOI, Angela Elizabeth→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-01-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHOI, Yau Wan→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-01-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-01-14 · resigned 2002-01-14
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-01-14 · resigned 2002-01-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property19/03/2002—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property01/03/2002—
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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-03