BURGER7 LTD.

💤Zombieactive
SC491809 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-24
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£22.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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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
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £22,434

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£22k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£80k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£16k£32k£48k£64k£80kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£22.4k£17.2k
Current assets£79.9k£62.4k
Net assets£22.4k£17.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-07-31
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  3. 2024-01-23
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  4. 2024-01-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-31
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  7. 2022-01-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-01-11
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    address · AD01
  9. 2021-07-26
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-08
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-06-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2020-07-28
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-17
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-11-24
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    Company incorporated
    As BURGER7 LTD.
  16. 2014-11-24
    GHAHFAROKHI, Matthew Moghaddas appointed
    director

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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
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.
  • 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 Davoud Moghaddas Ghahfarokhi
Individual · British · DOB 03/1994 · age 32
2550%
25-50% shares31/10/2022
Mr Matthew Moghaddas Ghahfarokhi
Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1990 · age 36
2550%
25-50% shares01/10/2016

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
Incorporated2014-11-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

11 High Street
Airdrie
ML6 0DT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GHAHFAROKHI, Matthew Moghaddas
director · ~36y · appointed 2014-11-24
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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-26