ASHIK SHAH & CO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04551353 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-02
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£1.55M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (88/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £522,331

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Turnover£1.55M
Operating profit£489.7k
Profit before tax£522.3k
Average employees500

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-09-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-08
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  7. 2023-03-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2023-02-27
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2022-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-19
    ➕
    SHAH, Neal Nitin Kalidas, Mr. appointed
    director
  14. 2019-12-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-12-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2019-12-17
    ➕
    SHAH, Raj Milan, Mr. appointed
    director
  17. 2019-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2002-12-16
    ➕
    VAGHADIA, Vinod Pragji Gordhan appointed
    director
  20. 2002-10-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASHIK SHAH & CO LIMITED
  21. 2002-10-02
    ➕
    SHAH, Atula Milan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-10-02
    ➕
    SHAH, Ashik Arunkant, Mr. appointed
    director
  23. 2002-10-02
    ➕
    TURNER, Brian Richard appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-10-02
    ➖
    TURNER, Brian Richard resigned
    secretary
  25. 2002-10-02
    ➕
    GORDON, James Douglas Strachan appointed
    director
  26. 2002-10-02
    ➖
    GORDON, James Douglas Strachan resigned
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SHAH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Ashik Arunkant Shah
Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-10-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

33 Foley Street
London
W1W 7TL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

SHAH, Atula Milan→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAH, Ashik Arunkant, Mr.→
director · ~57y · appointed 2002-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAH, Neal Nitin Kalidas, Mr.→
director · ~48y · appointed 2019-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAH, Raj Milan, Mr.→
director · ~45y · appointed 2019-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VAGHADIA, Vinod Pragji Gordhan→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TURNER, Brian Richard→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-02 · resigned 2002-10-02
Resigned
GORDON, James Douglas Strachan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-10-02 · resigned 2002-10-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2023-03-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-05