CROWN JEWEL FOODS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC592256 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-22
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£9.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 (73/100).

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 £9,459

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£9k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£4k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£9kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£51.5k£51.5k
Current assets£4.0k£4.0k
Net assets£9.5k£9.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-02-07
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    AOUALI, Hakim resigned
    director
  5. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-08-13
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-08-13
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2022-07-18
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    TAHENNI, Hamid appointed
    director
  11. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-10-06
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-10-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2021-10-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2021-10-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2021-09-29
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    AOUALI, Hakim appointed
    director
  17. 2021-09-29
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    TAHENNI, Hamid resigned
    director
  18. 2021-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-06-17
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    accounts · AAMD
  20. 2020-06-09
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    officers · TM01
  21. 2020-06-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  22. 2020-06-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2020-05-27
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    BENBOUDJEMA, Mahdi resigned
    director
  24. 2020-05-20
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    TAHENNI, Hamid appointed
    director
  25. 2020-02-18
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    TAHENNI, Hamid resigned
    director
  26. 2020-02-01
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    BENBOUDJEMA, Mahdi appointed
    director
  27. 2018-03-22
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    Company incorporated
    As CROWN JEWEL FOODS LTD
  28. 2018-03-22
    ➕
    TAHENNI, Hamid appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hamid Tahenni
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting18/07/2022
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Hakim Aoualiceased 18/07/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest
  • Mr Hamid Tahenniceased 29/09/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Hamid Tahenniceased 19/02/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2018-03-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

293 Bank Street
Coatbridge
ML5 1EG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

TAHENNI, Hamid→
director · ~63y · appointed 2022-07-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AOUALI, Hakim→
director · ~56y · appointed 2021-09-29 · resigned 2024-02-07
Resigned
BENBOUDJEMA, Mahdi→
director · ~53y · appointed 2020-02-01 · resigned 2020-05-27
Resigned
TAHENNI, Hamid→
director · ~63y · appointed 2020-05-20 · resigned 2021-09-29
Resigned
TAHENNI, Hamid→
director · ~63y · appointed 2018-03-22 · resigned 2020-02-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-06