FAIR DEAL FOODS 2 LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC539369 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-04
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 6.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£83.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 6.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £83,381
Cash YoY
-13%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£22k
↓ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£83k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £83.4k | £66.7k |
| Cash | £21.9k | £25.3k |
| Net assets | £83.4k | £66.7k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-03-11📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2025-03-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-30➕UMAR FAROOK, Hilmiya Banu appointeddirector
- 2023-11-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-26📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-01-26🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-09-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Merchant Money LTD
- 2019-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-07-04🏢Company incorporatedAs FAIR DEAL FOODS 2 LTD
- 2016-07-04➕SUNDARAMOORTHY MOHAMED ABUBAKR, Umar Farook appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Umar Farook Sundaramoorthy Mohamed Abubakr Individual · British · DOB 01/1975 · age 51 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 11/03/2025 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-07-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47220 — Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores
Registered office
468a King Street
Aberdeen
AB24 3DE
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SUNDARAMOORTHY MOHAMED ABUBAKR, Umar Farook→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2016-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
UMAR FAROOK, Hilmiya Banu→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2023-11-30
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Merchant Money Merchant Money LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/09/2019 | 26/01/2021 |
Recent filings (30 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-11
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-03-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16