YUM FRANCHISING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC788846 · ltd · incorporated 2023-11-10
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
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
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: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (75/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-30

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-03-13
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-06-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-04
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2024-09-04
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-09-04
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-09-04
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-09-01
    BURNS, Paul appointed
    director
  9. 2023-11-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As YUM FRANCHISING LTD
  10. 2023-11-10
    DAVIES, Philip appointed
    director
  11. 2023-11-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.5 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Davies
Individual · British · DOB 10/1987 · age 39
sig. influencesignificant influence10/11/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Yum Enterprise Ltdceased 13/03/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Qasim Ahmedceased 01/09/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Hospitality · EH postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
VENISON ADVISORY SERVICE LTD
SC423023 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
13y
VISA4US LIMITED
SC867373 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
WEF LEISURE LTD
SC590596 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
8y
WESTNOTE BAR COMPANY LTD
SC624624 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
WILD BAKE HOUSE LTD
SC708081 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
WIS-KEE LTD
SC717717 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
WOPA GROUP LTD
SC870873 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
YANXIA LTD
SC727265 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
4y
YOJE LIMITED
SC715559 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
4y
YONGSHUN LTD
SC811981 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
YUM KITCHEN LTD
SC842298 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
YUM YUM FOOD SHOP LTD
SC557465 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
9y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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
Incorporated2023-11-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

Unit 27 Mid Road Industrial Estate
Prestonpans
EH32 9ER
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BURNS, Paul
director · ~54y · appointed 2024-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Philip
director · ~39y · appointed 2023-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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

Recent filings (11 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-11-10