AAMIR DESIGN LIMITED

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02819098 · ltd · incorporated 1993-05-18
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£2.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -52% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,602
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,930 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 52% YoY
Cash YoY
-52%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 52% YoY
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 60% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 48% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£10kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£2.6k£6.5k
Current assets£5.5k£10.5k
Cash£4.6k£9.6k
Debtors£850£850
Net assets£2.6k£6.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-29
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  3. 2023-06-02
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  4. 2022-06-15
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  5. 2021-06-25
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  6. 2021-01-01
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    address · AD01
  7. 2020-06-16
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-20
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-06-29
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  10. 2017-06-26
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-06-28
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  12. 2016-06-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-06-05
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  14. 2015-05-15
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-06-17
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  16. 2014-06-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 1993-06-04
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    RAWAT, Zohra Ismail appointed
    secretary
  18. 1993-06-04
    ➕
    RAWAT, Ismail Suleman appointed
    director
  19. 1993-06-04
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1993-06-04
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1993-06-04
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1993-05-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AAMIR DESIGN LIMITED
  23. 1993-05-18
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1993-05-18
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1993-05-18
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ismail Suleman Rawat
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1993-05-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

2nd Floor 28 Rodney Street
Liverpool
L1 2TQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-01
Last: 2025-05-18

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

RAWAT, Zohra Ismail→
secretary · appointed 1993-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAWAT, Ismail Suleman→
director · ~65y · appointed 1993-06-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-05-18 · resigned 1993-06-04
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-05-18 · resigned 1993-06-04
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-05-18 · resigned 1993-06-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

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2025-06-10
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2025-05-21
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accounts · AA
2024-05-29
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2024-05-28
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accounts · AA
2023-06-02
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2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-05-20