MINARA CATERING LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC775061 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-07
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
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: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees200100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
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
  1. 2026-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-11
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-05-20
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-04-29
    BEGUM, Minara appointed
    director
  6. 2024-04-29
    RAKIB, Abdur resigned
    director
  7. 2024-04-29
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2024-04-29
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-04-29
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2024-04-29
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2023-07-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As MINARA CATERING LIMITED
  12. 2023-07-07
    RAKIB, Abdur appointed
    director
  13. 2023-07-07
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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
Mrs Minara Begum
Individual · Bangladeshi · DOB 09/1977 · age 49
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/04/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Abdur Rakibceased 29/04/2024· 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
Incorporated2023-07-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

24 Brewery Street
Dumfries
DG1 2RP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13
Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BEGUM, Minara
director · ~49y · appointed 2024-04-29
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Active
RAKIB, Abdur
director · ~38y · appointed 2023-07-07 · resigned 2024-04-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-29
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-07