AKAR (U.K.) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03290658 · ltd · incorporated 1996-12-11

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 29.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of textiles

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46420Wholesale of clothing and footwear
74100Specialised design activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.0y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 29.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	—	£70.4k
Current assets	—	£88.2k
Net assets	—	£60.2k

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-10-06
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2024-09-29
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accounts · AA
2023-09-30
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accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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accounts · AA
2020-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-30
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accounts · AA
2018-12-13
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officers · AP03
2018-12-13
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officers · TM01
2018-12-13
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officers · TM02
2018-12-08
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SHAH, Jayan Ramesh appointed
secretary
2018-12-08
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SHAH, Rameshchandra Motichand Raishi resigned
secretary
2018-12-08
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SHAH, Rameshchandra Motichand Raishi resigned
director
2018-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-01-16
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2015-11-18
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accounts · AA
1997-07-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1996-12-11
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Company incorporated
As AKAR (U.K.) LIMITED
1996-12-11
➕
SHAH, Jayan Ramesh appointed
director
1996-12-11
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SHAH, Lalita appointed
director
1996-12-11
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SHAH, Rameshchandra Motichand Raishi appointed
secretary
1996-12-11
➕
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-12-11
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-12-11
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SHAH, Rameshchandra Motichand Raishi appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Jayan Ramesh Shah Individual · British · DOB 02/1973 · age 53	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1996-12-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46410 — Wholesale of textiles

Registered office

11 Folkington Corner

London

N12 7BH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-18

Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SHAH, Jayan Ramesh→

secretary · appointed 2018-12-08

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Active

SHAH, Jayan Ramesh→

director · ~53y · appointed 1996-12-11

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Active

SHAH, Lalita→

director · ~78y · appointed 1996-12-11

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Active

SHAH, Rameshchandra Motichand Raishi→

secretary · appointed 1996-12-11 · resigned 2018-12-08

Resigned

CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-12-11 · resigned 1996-12-11

Resigned

SHAH, Rameshchandra Motichand Raishi→

director · ~85y · appointed 1996-12-11 · resigned 2018-12-08

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Mortgage debenture	1 property	22/07/1997	—

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