AESTHETIC DESIGNS (U.K.) LTD.

💤Zombieactive
04480486 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-09
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2019-12-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2019-12-01
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    CHAHWALA, Juzer resigned
    director
  10. 2019-12-01
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    CHAHWALA, Samina resigned
    director
  11. 2019-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-25
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    address · AD01
  15. 2017-10-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2005-01-27
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    POONAWALA, Mustafa appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-01-27
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    POONAWALA, Fatema resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-01-02
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    POONAWALA, Fatema appointed
    director
  20. 2002-07-09
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    Company incorporated
    As AESTHETIC DESIGNS (U.K.) LTD.
  21. 2002-07-09
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    POONAWALA, Fatema appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-07-09
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-07-09
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-07-09
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    CHAHWALA, Juzer appointed
    director
  25. 2002-07-09
    ➕
    CHAHWALA, Samina appointed
    director
  26. 2002-07-09
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    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2002-07-09
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    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Fatema Poonawala
Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-07-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

Suite 3, Second Floor 760 Eastern Avenue
Newbury Park
Ilford
IG2 7HU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

POONAWALA, Mustafa→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POONAWALA, Fatema→
director · ~46y · appointed 2005-01-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POONAWALA, Fatema→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-09 · resigned 2005-01-27
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-09 · resigned 2002-07-09
Resigned
CHAHWALA, Juzer→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-07-09 · resigned 2019-12-01
Resigned
CHAHWALA, Samina→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-07-09 · resigned 2019-12-01
Resigned
INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-09 · resigned 2002-07-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-10