ALAN'S WOK LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC712863 · ltd · incorporated 2021-10-21
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Oct 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. 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 (76/100)

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
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
8 filings
60
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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£2k£4k£7k£9k£11kOct 2023Oct 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£6.3k
Current assets£11.0k
Net assets£6.4k
Average employees300

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2021-10-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALAN'S WOK LTD
  5. 2021-10-21
    HUANG, Xihua appointed
    director
  6. 2021-10-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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
Mr Xihua Huang
Individual · Chinese · DOB 05/1988 · age 38
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/10/2021

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

Similar companies

Active · Hospitality · G postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
A LODGE GUEST HOUSE LTD
SC755285 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
3y
ACARSAID HOLDINGS LIMITED
SC496688 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
11y
AL RESTAURANT LIMITED
SC685918 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
ALF87 LTD
SC864638 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ALI BALOCHI LIMITED
SC435435 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
13y
ALISON TAKEAWAY LIMITED
SC879887 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
ALIZADEH LTD
SC815884 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
ALKA CLYDE LIMITED
SC639226 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
ALKHAIR PERI PERI LTD
SC878028 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
ALL PERFECT FOOD LTD
SC766429 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
ALLIED LEISURE GROUP LIMITED
SC542541 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
9y
ALMENDRO LIMITED
SC647636 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
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
Incorporated2021-10-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

40 Clarendon Place
Glasgow
G20 7PZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HUANG, Xihua
director · ~38y · appointed 2021-10-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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

Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-10-21