AIP ENTERPRISES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04606117 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-02
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£-14.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (76/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,962

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£14k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↑ 54% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£14k-£7k£729£8k£15k£23kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£-6.9k£-922
Current assets£22.8k£14.8k
Net assets£-14.0k£-9.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-01-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2012-11-28
    ➖
    ALVES, Maria Fatima resigned
    secretary
  17. 2002-12-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AIP ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  18. 2002-12-02
    ➕
    MARQUES DE CARVALHO ALVES, Eduardo Alberto appointed
    director
  19. 2002-12-02
    ➕
    ALVES, Maria Fatima appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-12-02
    ➕
    A & S CONSULTANTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2002-12-02
    ➖
    A & S CONSULTANTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2002-12-02
    ➕
    DESSAI, Elias appointed
    director
  23. 2002-12-02
    ➖
    DESSAI, Elias resigned
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

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 65. 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Eduardo Alberto Marques De Carvalho Alves
Individual · Portuguese · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · 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
Incorporated2002-12-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Office 10, Suite 1, 4th Floor Congress House
14 Lyon Road
Harrow
HA1 2EN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MARQUES DE CARVALHO ALVES, Eduardo Alberto→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALVES, Maria Fatima→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-02 · resigned 2012-11-28
Resigned
A & S CONSULTANTS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-12-02 · resigned 2002-12-02
Resigned
DESSAI, Elias→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-12-02 · resigned 2002-12-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04