A.K.R. LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
03488455 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-05
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£523.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.1y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £523,759
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£177k
↓ 5.7% YoY
Net Worth
£524k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£237k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £788.8k | £749.9k |
| Current assets | £236.6k | £237.1k |
| Cash | £176.8k | £187.5k |
| Net assets | £523.8k | £439.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-12-04🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2019-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-09-28📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-09-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-09-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2018-08-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-08-09🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-04-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2009-01-29➕PATTI, Parsan appointedsecretary
- 2009-01-29➖DHANJAL, Havinder resignedsecretary
- 1998-01-26➕PATTI, Parsan appointeddirector
- 1998-01-26➕DHANJAL, Havinder appointedsecretary
- 1998-01-05🏢Company incorporatedAs A.K.R. LIMITED
- 1998-01-05➕FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1998-01-05➖FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1998-01-05➕FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1998-01-05➖FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
93/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
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 Parsan Patti Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-01-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390
Registered office
56 Cumnor Hill
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX2 9HB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
Active
PATTI, Parsan→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 1998-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DHANJAL, Havinder→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-01-26 · resigned 2009-01-29
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-05 · resigned 1998-01-05
FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-01-05 · resigned 1998-01-05
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/12/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 12/09/2018 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 19/04/2010 | 09/08/2018 |
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Recent filings (71 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2019-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-22