ADZ NETWORK LTD

💤Zombieactive

05101765 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-14

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

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year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Licenced restaurants

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (78/100)

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

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-11-28
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accounts · AA
2024-11-26
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accounts · AA
2023-11-28
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accounts · AA
2022-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-09
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accounts · AA
2020-11-22
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accounts · AA
2019-12-08
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accounts · AA
2019-10-03
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accounts · AA01
2019-09-11
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capital · SH01
2018-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-02
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accounts · AA
2017-02-26
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accounts · AA
2016-10-02
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address · AD01
2016-04-30
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accounts · AA
2016-04-30
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gazette · DISS40
2016-04-01
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ABDUL GAFFAR, Mahomed Erfan resigned
secretary
2005-05-31
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KHAN, Mohammad Ajaz appointed
director
2005-05-31
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RAHMATULLAH, Mohammed resigned
director
2004-11-17
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ABDUL GAFFAR, Mahomed Erfan appointed
secretary
2004-11-17
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RAHMATULLAH, Mohammed appointed
director
2004-04-16
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2004-04-16
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2004-04-14
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Company incorporated
As ADZ NETWORK LTD
2004-04-14
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2004-04-14
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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 22 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 Mohammad Ajaz Khan Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	30/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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ADAM FOODS LTD→ 10997555 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
ADANA&ISTANBUL LTD→ 16699021 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-04-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

7b-7c St. Georges Circus

London

SE1 6HS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-25

Last: 2025-09-11

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

KHAN, Mohammad Ajaz→

director · ~62y · appointed 2005-05-31

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Active

ABDUL GAFFAR, Mahomed Erfan→

secretary · appointed 2004-11-17 · resigned 2016-04-01

Resigned

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-14 · resigned 2004-04-16

Resigned

RAHMATULLAH, Mohammed→

director · ~70y · appointed 2004-11-17 · resigned 2005-05-31

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-14 · resigned 2004-04-16

Resigned

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