PRIDE OF BENGAL WHOLESALE LTD

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SC720677 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-23

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

£94.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.2y

35/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Charge age ~4.2 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

13 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £94,351

Cash YoY

+114%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£42k

↑ 114% YoY

Net Worth

£94k

↑ 47% YoY

Current Assets

£1.0m

↑ 40% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£94.4k	£64.1k
Current assets	£1.04M	£741.6k
Cash	£41.9k	£19.6k
Debtors	£421.4k	£438.7k
Net assets	£94.4k	£64.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-01
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-02-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-20
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-05-02
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-04-20
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-04-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited
2022-01-23
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Company incorporated
As PRIDE OF BENGAL WHOLESALE LTD
2022-01-23
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KHAN, Mahmood Hasan appointed
director
2022-01-23
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

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.)

Group structure

Pride Of Bengal Highland Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Pride Of Bengal Highland Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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PRIDE OF BENGAL WHOLESALE LTD

This company · SC720677

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Pride Of Bengal Highland Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	23/01/2022

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

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FRANK NICOL FARM AND GARDEN MACHINERY LIMITED→ SC139585 · est 1992	—	—	£326.0k	—	33y	82	87y
HIGHLAND CLEARANCE LIMITED→ SC088323 · est 1984	—	—	—	300	42y	82	76y
MACGREGOR INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LIMITED→ SC173566 · est 1997 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	29y	82	97y
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2022-01-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

3&4 Carsegate Road South

Inverness

Highland

IV3 8LL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-05

Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KHAN, Mahmood Hasan→

director · ~63y · appointed 2022-01-23

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited	A registered charge	—	14/04/2022	—

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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2025-10-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-17

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-01-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-12-31

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2024-12-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-02-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-15

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2023-05-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-19

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2023-05-02

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2022-04-20

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2022-01-23