ASTON INTERIORS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05665290 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-04
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£-64.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £64,199

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£64k
↓ 4.6% YoY
Current Assets
£20k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£64k-£46k-£28k-£10k£8k£26kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-62.6k£-50.9k
Current assets£19.6k£25.8k
Net assets£-64.2k£-61.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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  2. 2025-04-23
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  3. 2024-04-30
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  4. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2022-04-12
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  6. 2022-04-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-04-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-04-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  9. 2021-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-24
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-10
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    accounts · AA01
  12. 2019-03-05
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-05
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  14. 2019-01-08
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    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2018-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-12-04
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    TAHARI, Mourad appointed
    secretary
  17. 2009-11-30
    ➖
    COLLINS, Michael resigned
    secretary
  18. 2009-11-30
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    COLLINS, Michael resigned
    director
  19. 2006-02-08
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    TAHARI, Mourad appointed
    director
  20. 2006-02-08
    ➕
    COLLINS, Michael appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-02-08
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    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-02-08
    ➕
    COLLINS, Michael appointed
    director
  23. 2006-02-08
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-01-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ASTON INTERIORS LIMITED
  25. 2006-01-04
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    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2006-01-04
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 Mourad Tahari
Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/02/2022

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47599 — Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores

Registered office

Aston Interiors
52 Stallard Street
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8HP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

TAHARI, Mourad→
secretary · appointed 2009-12-04
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Active
TAHARI, Mourad→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-02-08
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Active
COLLINS, Michael→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-08 · resigned 2009-11-30
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-04 · resigned 2006-02-08
Resigned
COLLINS, Michael→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-02-08 · resigned 2009-11-30
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-04 · resigned 2006-02-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
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accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-04-01
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-30