AKI LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04440870 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-16
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£82.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41202Construction of domestic buildings
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · oldest 22.1y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.1 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £82,142
Very low cash
Cash position: £80
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,475,431 YoY
Cash YoY
+1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£80
↑ 1.3% YoY
Net Worth
£82k
↓ 95% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↓ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£407k£814k£1.2m£1.6m£2.0mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£110.6k£1.61M
Current assets£1.10M£2.04M
Cash£80£79
Debtors£1.09M£1.98M
Net assets£82.1k£1.56M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2026-05-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-04-30
    ➖
    HIDARI, Carole Anne resigned
    secretary
  4. 2026-04-30
    ➖
    HIDARI, Ramin resigned
    director
  5. 2026-04-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2026-04-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-07-17
    ➕
    CRANE, Matthew Roy Quincy appointed
    director
  8. 2025-07-17
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Thomas William appointed
    director
  9. 2025-07-17
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2025-07-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2025-05-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2025-05-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2025-05-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2025-04-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2025-04-14
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2024-04-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2022-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-04-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2017-04-19
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #4
  23. 2017-04-19
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  24. 2017-04-19
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  25. 2015-09-30
    ➖
    RICHARDS, John Dominic Haden resigned
    director
  26. 2013-09-18
    🔒
    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  27. 2012-04-05
    ➖
    RICHARDS, John Haden resigned
    director
  28. 2008-02-29
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  29. 2006-03-17
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  30. 2004-06-11
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  31. 2003-07-06
    ➕
    RICHARDS, John Dominic Haden appointed
    director
  32. 2003-07-06
    ➕
    RICHARDS, John Haden appointed
    director
  33. 2002-05-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AKI LIMITED
  34. 2002-05-16
    ➕
    HIDARI, Carole Anne appointed
    secretary
  35. 2002-05-16
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 2002-05-16
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2002-05-16
    ➕
    HIDARI, Ramin appointed
    director
  38. 2002-05-16
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  39. 2002-05-16
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

2 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HIDARI, Carole Anne resigned 2026-04-30; HIDARI, Ramin resigned 2026-04-30

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Izli Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Izli Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
AKI LIMITED
This company · 04440870

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Izli Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/04/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ramin Hidariceased 05/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Carole Anne Hidariceased 05/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2002-05-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

Unit 2a Railway Triangle Industrial Estate
Dorchester
DT1 2PJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-30
Last: 2026-05-16

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

CRANE, Matthew Roy Quincy→
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WRIGHT, Thomas William→
director · ~39y · appointed 2025-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIDARI, Carole Anne→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-16 · resigned 2026-04-30
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-16 · resigned 2002-05-16
Resigned
HIDARI, Ramin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-05-16 · resigned 2026-04-30
Resigned
RICHARDS, John Dominic Haden→
director · ~55y · appointed 2003-07-06 · resigned 2015-09-30
Resigned
RICHARDS, John Haden→
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-07-06 · resigned 2012-04-05
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-16 · resigned 2002-05-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
A registered charge3 properties18/09/201319/04/2017
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property29/02/200819/04/2017
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property17/03/200619/04/2017
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property11/06/2004—
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Recent filings (86 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-05-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-22