AUTHENTIC VIETNAMESE KITCHEN LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
SC804574 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-26
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£-11.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £10,995
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£11k
Current Assets
£25k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £-11.0k |
| Current assets | £25.2k |
| Net assets | £-11.0k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-13📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-04-24📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-03-26🏢Company incorporatedAs AUTHENTIC VIETNAMESE KITCHEN LTD
- 2024-03-26➕NGUYEN, Mai Thi appointeddirector
- 2024-03-26➕SIMPSON, David appointeddirector
- 2024-03-26📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Mai Thi Nguyen Individual · British · DOB 06/1977 · age 49 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 26/03/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr David Simpsonceased 08/04/2024· 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-03-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
66 Braeside Avenue
Aberdeen
AB15 7SU
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
NGUYEN, Mai Thi→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2024-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SIMPSON, David→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2024-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (10 total)
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-04-24
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-26