ALI MOTORS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05014820 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-14

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 Oct 2025

Net worth

£5.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45400

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,238

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,159 YoY

Cash YoY

+15%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↑ 15% YoY

Net Worth

£5k

↓ 38% YoY

Current Assets

£19k

↑ 3.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£5.2k	£8.4k
Current assets	£19.3k	£18.7k
Cash	£3.9k	£3.4k
Net assets	£5.2k	£8.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-06-19
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2025-04-01
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accounts · AA
2024-04-09
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accounts · AA
2023-07-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
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accounts · AA
2021-01-04
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officers · CH01
2020-09-04
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accounts · AA
2020-03-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-05-21
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address · AD01
2019-05-17
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accounts · AA
2018-03-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-02-12
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accounts · AA
2018-01-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2017-03-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2010-03-13
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REHMAN, Naweeda resigned
secretary
2005-03-21
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REHMAN, Abid appointed
director
2005-03-21
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RAJA, Jamil resigned
secretary
2005-03-21
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REHMAN, Naweeda appointed
secretary
2005-03-21
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HUSSAIN, Nasim Akhtar resigned
director
2004-11-01
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RAJA, Jamil appointed
secretary
2004-11-01
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HUSSAIN, Nasim Akhtar appointed
director
2004-01-21
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-01-21
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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2004-01-14
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Company incorporated
As ALI MOTORS LIMITED
2004-01-14
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-01-14
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Abid Rehman Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated2004-01-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45400 — SIC 45400

Registered office

415 Lea Bridge Road

Leyton

London

E10 7EA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-17

Last: 2026-01-03

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

REHMAN, Abid→

director · ~71y · appointed 2005-03-21

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Active

RAJA, Jamil→

secretary · appointed 2004-11-01 · resigned 2005-03-21

Resigned

REHMAN, Naweeda→

secretary · appointed 2005-03-21 · resigned 2010-03-13

Resigned

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-14 · resigned 2004-01-21

Resigned

HUSSAIN, Nasim Akhtar→

director · ~65y · appointed 2004-11-01 · resigned 2005-03-21

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-14 · resigned 2004-01-21

Resigned

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