A A & S PROPERTIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05124262 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-10

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£19.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 22.0y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 22.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £19,322

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£19k

↑ 144% YoY

Current Assets

£33k

↑ 790% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£437.6k	£434.0k
Current assets	£33.0k	£3.7k
Net assets	£19.3k	£7.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-19
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2018-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-17
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2004-06-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2004-06-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2004-05-15
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SANGHA, Simerjit Kaur appointed
secretary
2004-05-15
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SANGHA, Avtar Singh appointed
director
2004-05-12
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-05-12
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-05-10
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Company incorporated
As A A & S PROPERTIES LIMITED
2004-05-10
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-05-10
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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 22 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-05-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

18 Chislehurst Avenue

Leicester

LE3 2UF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-24

Last: 2026-05-10

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SANGHA, Simerjit Kaur→

secretary · appointed 2004-05-15

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Active

SANGHA, Avtar Singh→

director · ~75y · appointed 2004-05-15

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2004-05-12

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-05-10 · resigned 2004-05-12

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Legal mortgage	1 property	25/06/2004	—
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	21/06/2004	—

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