FOOD ON THE FRONT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC806566 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-11
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£16.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (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 (72/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
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
82
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 £16,631

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
Net Worth
£17k
Current Assets
£24k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-31
Total assets£17.2k
Current assets£24.2k
Cash£8.7k
Debtors£15.5k
Net assets£16.6k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
8
filings
  • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
10
filings
  • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • 3 accounts
  • 2 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-04-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-04-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2026-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2026-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-12-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-12-10
    MCINDOE, Grace resigned
    director
  11. 2024-12-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2024-12-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2024-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As FOOD ON THE FRONT LTD
  14. 2024-04-11
    MCINDOE, Byron appointed
    director
  15. 2024-04-11
    MCINDOE, Grace appointed
    director
  16. 2024-04-11
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    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 2.1 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Byron Mcindoe
Individual · Scottish · DOB 09/1984 · age 42
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control11/04/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Grace Mcindoeceased 10/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-04-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

6 Miller Road
Ayr
KA7 2AY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MCINDOE, Byron
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-04-11
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Active
MCINDOE, Grace
director · ~32y · appointed 2024-04-11 · resigned 2024-12-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-11