A.A. & SONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01136975 · ltd · incorporated 1973-10-01
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
30 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 50.9y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 50.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
30 charges (30/30 with lender, 30/30 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
160 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
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
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2100 | 2100 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (74 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-19📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-24📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-04-22📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-02-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-02-04🔒Charge registered #30Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2020-06-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-06-15🔒Charge registered #29Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2020-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-28🔓Charge satisfied #20
- 2015-09-28🔓Charge satisfied #19
- 2015-09-28🔓Charge satisfied #18
- 2015-09-28🔓Charge satisfied #17
- 2015-09-28🔓Charge satisfied #16
- 2015-09-28🔓Charge satisfied #15
- 2015-09-28🔓Charge satisfied #14
- 2015-08-25🔒Charge registered #28Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2015-08-25🔒Charge registered #27Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2015-08-25🔒Charge registered #26Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2015-08-25🔒Charge registered #25Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2015-08-25🔒Charge registered #24Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2015-08-25🔒Charge registered #23Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2015-08-25🔒Charge registered #22Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2015-08-25🔒Charge registered #21Lender: Metro Bank PLC
- 2015-08-20🔓Charge satisfied #13
- 2015-08-20🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 2015-03-04➕ABDEALI, Ashiq Ali appointeddirector
- 2015-03-04🔒Charge registered #20Lender: Lancashire Mortgage Corporation Limited
- 2013-10-24➖ABDEALI, Ashiq Ali resigneddirector
- 2010-11-17🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2010-11-17🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2010-11-17🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2010-11-17🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2010-11-17🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2010-11-17🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2010-11-17🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2010-11-17🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2010-11-17🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2010-11-17🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2010-03-16🔒Charge registered #19Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2010-02-12🔒Charge registered #18Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
Showing most recent 50 of 74 events
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
81/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med · 1 lowCharge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
10 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Shareen Akberali Abdeali Individual · British · DOB 11/1930 · age 96 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 20/02/2023 |
Mr Ashiq Ali Abdeali Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest | 13/02/2017 |
Mr Iqbal Hussain Abdeali Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest | 20/12/2016 |
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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5AAB SPORTS LIMITED→ 13394813 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| 7 DAYS FOOD & WINE LIMITED→ 07906614 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| 7 STAR SUPER MARKET LTD→ 12973915 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| 8COM LIMITED→ 13540017 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| A1 DRINKS & WINE LTD→ 12854781 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| A2Z UK TRADERS LTD→ 12659266 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| A4 LOCAL LTD→ 15721594 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AA SUPPLY LTD→ 15448147 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AAA SPORTSWEAR LIMITED→ 13270821 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AAAM RETAIL LTD→ 17130058 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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🔒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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1973-10-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Registered office
370 Farnham Road
Slough
SL2 1JD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-02
Last: 2025-07-19
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
ABDEALI, Iqbal Hussain→
Activesecretary · appointed 2001-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ABDEALI, Ashiq Ali→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2015-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABDEALI, Akberali→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2001-01-05
ABDEALI, Achill→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · resigned 2002-08-17
ABDEALI, Akberali→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 2007-12-13
ABDEALI, Antonia→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 2001-01-05
ABDEALI, Ashiq Ali→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · resigned 2013-10-24
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Mortgages & charges
30
Total charges
10
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:30 of 30 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 04/02/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 15/06/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 25/08/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 25/08/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/08/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/08/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/08/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/08/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/08/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Metro Bank Metro Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/08/2015 | — | |
| satisfied | Lancashire Mortgage Corporation Lancashire Mortgage Corporation Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 04/03/2015 | 28/09/2015 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 16/03/2010 | 28/09/2015 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/02/2010 | 28/09/2015 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/02/2010 | 28/09/2015 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/02/2010 | 28/09/2015 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/02/2010 | 28/09/2015 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 22/12/2009 | 28/09/2015 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 21/12/2006 | 20/08/2015 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 07/10/2005 | 20/08/2015 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 2 properties | 12/07/2005 | 17/11/2010 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 09/07/2003 | 17/11/2010 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 29/09/2000 | 17/11/2010 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 31/08/2000 | 17/11/2010 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 25/07/2000 | 17/11/2010 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 27/10/1998 | 17/11/2010 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 2 properties | 01/07/1997 | 17/11/2010 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Fixed and floating charge | 2 properties | 24/11/1995 | 30/12/2009 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 27/03/1985 | 17/11/2010 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 16/07/1976 | 17/11/2010 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 10/07/1975 | 17/11/2010 |
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Recent filings (160 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
memorandum-articles
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2023-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-04-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-04-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-26