FOX & CO CATERERS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

SC635616 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-09

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.

Why now

Window steady · medium confidence

Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.

· Filings: 19 → 20

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Filings: 19 → 20

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£168.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

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 72/100 (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: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (85/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

20 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £168,104

High leverage

Liabilities are 100% of total assets

Net assets shrinking

Down £21,726 YoY

Leverage

100%

Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£168k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£211k

↑ 8.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£220.6k	£212.0k	£44.6k
Current assets	£210.6k	£193.7k	£8.0k
Net assets	£168.1k	£189.8k	£25.1k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-05-31
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accounts · AA
2025-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
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capital · SH01
2021-03-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-02
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-02
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officers · AP01
2021-03-01
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accounts · AA01
2020-10-29
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gazette · DISS40
2020-10-27
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gazette · GAZ1
2019-07-09
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Company incorporated
As FOX & CO CATERERS LTD
2019-07-09
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FOWLER, Andrew appointed
director
2019-07-09
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FOWLER, Angela appointed
director
2019-07-09
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited 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

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 Andrew Fowler Individual · British · DOB 11/1981 · age 45	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	09/07/2019
Mrs Angela Fowler Individual · British · DOB 04/1984 · age 42	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	09/07/2019

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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COURT HOTEL SUITES LIMITED→ SC373209 · est 2010	—	—	£553.1k	—	16y	83	64y
DESTINATION EDINBURGH LIMITED→ SC357298 · est 2009	—	—	£254.5k	—	17y	83	58y
ELITE HOTELS LIMITED→ SC103199 · est 1987	—	—	—	0	39y	83	76y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2019-07-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

44 Strachan Road

Edinburgh

Midlothian

EH4 3RG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-11

Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FOWLER, Andrew→

director · ~45y · appointed 2019-07-09

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FOWLER, Angela→

director · ~42y · appointed 2019-07-09

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Active

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Recent filings (20 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-05-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-05-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-05-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-08-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-06-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2021-04-15

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2021-03-02

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-03-02

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2021-03-02

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officers · AP01

2021-03-02