FOOD PALACE DUNDEE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC788787 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-09
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£1.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

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 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 (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,434

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1k
Current Assets
£3k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-30
Total assets£1.4k
Current assets£2.9k
Net assets£1.4k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (4 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2023-11-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As FOOD PALACE DUNDEE LTD
  3. 2023-11-09
    SARDAR, Azqa appointed
    director
  4. 2023-11-09
    📄
    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 2.5 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 Azqa Sardar
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 05/1988 · age 38
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control09/11/2023

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

Similar companies

Active · Hospitality · DD postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
GREEN PARK LIMITED
SC170546 · est 1996
£2.29M
£1.72M£2.86M
£3.47M550029y8465y
TAILEND RESTAURANT (ST ANDREWS) LIMITED
SC359357 · est 2009
-490017y8370y
APPLETREE (FORFAR) LIMITED
SC388969 · est 2010
£5.6k15y8271y
BAXTER CROWE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
SC216197 · est 2001
£71.0k25y8268y
BROOKPEAK LIMITED
SC358190 · est 2009
£5.5k17y8260y
C. & S. SCHOFIELD LIMITED
SC285780 · est 2005
020y8274y
CAMVO 197 LIMITED
SC392612 · est 2011
215y8268y
ITC (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
SC285302 · est 2005
320y8280y
KELVIN HOTEL (OBAN) LTD
SC338208 · est 2008
£574.5k18y8266y
LINDSAY STREET PROPERTIES LIMITED
SC067260 · est 1979
447y8271y
THE GOLFY LIMITED
SC356796 · est 2009
120017y8260y
THE STRATH BAR LIMITED
SC304587 · est 2006
20019y8266y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-11-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

264 Hilltown
Dundee
DD3 7AR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SARDAR, Azqa
director · ~38y · appointed 2023-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (5 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-09