PHOENIX DUMFRIES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC703183 · ltd · incorporated 2021-07-02

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 · high confidence

Thesis has shifted recently — watch for confirmation.

· Lifecycle stage: early → established
· Investment thesis: growth_story → unclassified
· Bankability: 70 → 75
· Filings: 9 → 10

Opportunity decay

hardening · 6-months

Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.

· 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

↑Lifecycle stage: early → established
·Investment thesis: growth_story → unclassified
↑Bankability: 70 → 75
↑Filings: 9 → 10

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£10.0k

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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + 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

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

10 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 £9,971

Cash YoY

-24%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£67k

↓ 24% YoY

Net Worth

£10k

↑ 45% YoY

Current Assets

£67k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£10.0k	£6.9k
Current assets	£67.5k	£88.4k
Cash	£66.9k	£87.8k
Net assets	£10.0k	£6.9k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand

2026-01-13
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accounts · AA
2025-01-28
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accounts · AA
2024-01-23
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accounts · AA
2023-01-17
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accounts · AA
2021-07-02
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Company incorporated
As PHOENIX DUMFRIES LIMITED
2021-07-02
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HO, Ching appointed
director
2021-07-02
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WONG, Tsu appointed
director
2021-07-02
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 5 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
Mrs Ching Ho Individual · British · DOB 10/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	02/07/2021
Mr Tsu Wong Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	02/07/2021

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

Incorporated2021-07-02

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

82 Annan Road

Dumfries

DG1 3EQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-15

Last: 2026-07-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HO, Ching→

director · ~50y · appointed 2021-07-02

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Active

WONG, Tsu→

director · ~50y · appointed 2021-07-02

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Active

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