AARON, CHADHA AND EVANS LTD.

💤Zombieactive

02776910 · ltd · incorporated 1993-01-04

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

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£666

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Bookkeeping activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

79 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £666

Net assets shrinking

Down £6,535 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£666

↓ 91% YoY

Current Assets

£46k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£666	£7.2k
Current assets	£45.6k	—
Net assets	£666	£7.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-12-19
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accounts · AA
2024-12-12
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accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2022-12-13
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accounts · AA
2021-12-09
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accounts · AA
2021-02-24
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accounts · AA
2019-12-30
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accounts · AA
2018-12-06
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accounts · AA
2017-12-29
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accounts · AA
2017-03-04
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address · AD01
2016-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-14
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-23
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annual-return · AR01
2015-01-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2010-04-01
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KAPUR, Rekha resigned
director
2008-09-05
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CHADHA, Roop Lal resigned
director
2008-04-01
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KAPUR, Sheetal appointed
director
2007-04-01
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KAPUR, Rekha appointed
director
1993-01-04
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Company incorporated
As AARON, CHADHA AND EVANS LTD.
1993-01-04
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KAPUR, Rekha appointed
secretary
1993-01-04
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-01-04
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-01-04
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CHADHA, Roop Lal appointed
director
1993-01-04
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1993-01-04
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Sheetal Kapur Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	04/01/2017

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

Incorporated1993-01-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69202 — Bookkeeping activities

Registered office

6 Hartfield Close

Elstree

Borehamwood

WD6 3JD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-04

Last: 2025-12-21

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

KAPUR, Rekha→

secretary · appointed 1993-01-04

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Active

KAPUR, Sheetal→

director · ~73y · appointed 2008-04-01

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-01-04 · resigned 1993-01-04

Resigned

CHADHA, Roop Lal→

director · ~99y · appointed 1993-01-04 · resigned 2008-09-05

Resigned

KAPUR, Rekha→

director · ~70y · appointed 2007-04-01 · resigned 2010-04-01

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-01-04 · resigned 1993-01-04

Resigned

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