AGKM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04285704 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-11
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47510
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47710Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
  • 47789Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). 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

3 live charges · oldest 19.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.1 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 (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees-24002300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-01
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-02
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  4. 2023-01-24
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2023-01-24
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  6. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-30
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    SIVASUNDRAM, Maharaj resigned
    director
  8. 2022-04-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2020-10-06
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  12. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2017-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-15
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-09-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-09-28
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  17. 2014-10-29
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  18. 2012-09-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2007-06-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 2001-09-12
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-09-12
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2001-09-11
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    Company incorporated
    As AGKM LIMITED
  23. 2001-09-11
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    SIVASUNDRAM, Veluppillai appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-09-11
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    SIVASUNDRAM, Aruleswary appointed
    director
  25. 2001-09-11
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    SIVASUNDRAM, Gopiraj appointed
    director
  26. 2001-09-11
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    SIVASUNDRAM, Kugaraj appointed
    director
  27. 2001-09-11
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    SIVASUNDRAM, Veluppillai appointed
    director
  28. 2001-09-11
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2001-09-11
    ➕
    SIVASUNDRAM, Maharaj appointed
    director
  30. 2001-09-11
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Velupillai Sivasundram
Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79
——board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-09-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47510 — SIC 47510

Registered office

122 Upper Tooting Road
London
SW17 7EN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-25
Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

SIVASUNDRAM, Veluppillai→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-11
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Active
SIVASUNDRAM, Aruleswary→
director · ~68y · appointed 2001-09-11
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Active
SIVASUNDRAM, Gopiraj→
director · ~47y · appointed 2001-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIVASUNDRAM, Kugaraj→
director · ~45y · appointed 2001-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIVASUNDRAM, Veluppillai→
director · ~79y · appointed 2001-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-11 · resigned 2001-09-12
Resigned
SIVASUNDRAM, Maharaj→
director · ~43y · appointed 2001-09-11 · resigned 2022-04-30
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-09-11 · resigned 2001-09-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property24/01/2023—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge2 properties07/09/2012—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property11/06/2007—
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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30