FERRI FISH & CHIP SHOP LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC700679 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-04
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£19.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 4.7y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.7 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
12 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 £19,383
Net assets shrinking
Down £16,840 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£19k
↓ 46% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↓ 8.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £273.3k | £280.0k |
| Current assets | £7.2k | £7.8k |
| Net assets | £19.4k | £36.2k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-19📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-05-05🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2021-09-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-09-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2021-06-04🏢Company incorporatedAs FERRI FISH & CHIP SHOP LTD
- 2021-06-04➕CROLLA, Antonio appointeddirector
- 2021-06-04➕CROLLA, Onanong appointeddirector
- 2021-06-04📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CROLLA, Onanong (same surname) appointed 2021-06-04. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Onanong Crolla Individual · Thai · DOB 03/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 04/06/2021 |
Mr Antonio Crolla Individual · Italian · DOB 08/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 04/06/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F & L TAVERNS LTD→ SC619162 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| FINN VILLAGE LTD→ SC777753 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| FINNDENBURG FOODS LTD→ SC832932 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| FIRHILL2019 LTD→ SC626027 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| FIRST TO FOOD LIMITED→ SC800831 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| FISH & CHICKEN BAR LIMITED→ SC544222 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| FIVE MARCH EVENTS LTD→ SC810282 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| FLUM LIMITED→ SC809555 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| FOOD IN THE HOOD LIMITED→ SC445248 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| FOOD PARADISE LIMITED→ SC681911 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| FOOD SUPPLY SCOT LIMITED→ SC866716 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FOOD VARIETY LTD→ SC720005 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-06-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Registered office
Grimley & Co
172 Kelvinhaugh Street
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G3 8PR
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-17
Last: 2025-06-03
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CROLLA, Antonio→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2021-06-04
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CROLLA, Onanong→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2021-06-04
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 7 properties | 05/05/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/09/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (12 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-09-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-06-04