AL SHAMEL INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL & FREIGHT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04852104 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-31
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£3.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 51210
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (75/100)

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 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)
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,210
Net assets shrinking
Down £426 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 45% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£818£2k£2k£3k£4kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£3.2k£3.6k
Current assets£2.2k£4.1k
Net assets£3.2k£3.6k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-06
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2019-11-06
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2019-10-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-10-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2003-07-31
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    Company incorporated
    As AL SHAMEL INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL & FREIGHT LIMITED
  16. 2003-07-31
    ➕
    ABDEL MALEK, Akram appointed
    secretary
  17. 2003-07-31
    ➕
    KHALIL FAREG, Serag Monir appointed
    director
  18. 2003-07-31
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2003-07-31
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-07-31
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2003-07-31
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Serag Monir Khalil Fareg
Individual · British · DOB 06/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/07/2016

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
Incorporated2003-07-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC51210 — SIC 51210

Registered office

30 Crawford Place
London
W1H 5NL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ABDEL MALEK, Akram→
secretary · appointed 2003-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KHALIL FAREG, Serag Monir→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-31 · resigned 2003-07-31
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-31 · resigned 2003-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-30
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2019-11-06