A&A FOODS LIMITED

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NI726826 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
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 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
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
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
    MAHMOOD, Sajid resigned
    director
  2. 2026-04-14
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-04-14
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-02-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A&A FOODS LIMITED
  5. 2025-02-26
    MCVEIGH, Andrew Paul appointed
    director
  6. 2025-02-26
    MAHMOOD, Sajid appointed
    director
  7. 2025-02-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 1.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Paul Mcveigh
Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/02/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Sajid Mahmoodceased 14/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2025-02-26
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

19 Mountjoy Street
Londonderry
BT48 6TN
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

MCVEIGH, Andrew Paul
director · ~60y · appointed 2025-02-26
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Active
MAHMOOD, Sajid
director · ~53y · appointed 2025-02-26 · resigned 2026-04-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-02-26