AKONIA LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04424240 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-25

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£14.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 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 £14,271

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£14k

↑ 7.8% YoY

Current Assets

£63k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£63.3k	£63.8k
Current assets	£63.2k	£63.4k
Net assets	£14.3k	£13.2k

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 address
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-04-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-21
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accounts · AA
2025-01-24
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accounts · AA
2024-01-23
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accounts · AA
2023-01-18
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accounts · AA
2021-12-26
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accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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accounts · AA
2020-01-29
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accounts · AA
2019-01-02
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accounts · AA
2018-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-25
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-27
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annual-return · AR01
2015-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2002-04-25
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Company incorporated
As AKONIA LIMITED
2002-04-25
➕
WEINSTEIN, Melanie Susan appointed
secretary
2002-04-25
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WEINSTEIN, Gary appointed
director
2002-04-25
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AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-04-25
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AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-04-25
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BUYVIEW LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-04-25
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BUYVIEW LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Gary Weinstein Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	26/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-04-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Flat 5 York House

5 Regency Crescent

London

NW4 1NW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-09

Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WEINSTEIN, Melanie Susan→

secretary · appointed 2002-04-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WEINSTEIN, Gary→

director · ~63y · appointed 2002-04-25

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Active

AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-25 · resigned 2002-04-25

Resigned

BUYVIEW LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-25 · resigned 2002-04-25

Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-26

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-04-11