AL-SHIFA TRADING LTD

🌳Matureactive

05936040 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-14

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£-16.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

53 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 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £16,044

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£16k

↑ 2.1% YoY

Current Assets

£116k

↓ 14% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£13.9k	£19.4k
Current assets	£115.8k	£134.1k
Net assets	£-16.0k	£-16.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-06-22
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2023-01-17
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2022-06-28
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2021-01-20
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2020-06-15
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2019-06-27
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2018-09-27
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2009-12-01
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ABDULLAH, Suhaib resigned
director
2009-06-01
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ABDULLAH, Suhaib appointed
director
2006-09-14
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Company incorporated
As AL-SHIFA TRADING LTD
2006-09-14
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JOGIAT, Shabbir Ahmed appointed
secretary
2006-09-14
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JOGIAT, Fatma appointed
director
2006-09-14
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JOGIAT, Shabbir Ahmed appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Fatma Jogiat Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Shabbir Ahmed Jogiat Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-09-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Registered office

Priory Pharmacy

2 Priory Road

High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire

HP13 6SE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-22

Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

JOGIAT, Shabbir Ahmed→

secretary · appointed 2006-09-14

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Active

JOGIAT, Fatma→

director · ~66y · appointed 2006-09-14

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Active

JOGIAT, Shabbir Ahmed→

director · ~69y · appointed 2006-09-14

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Active

ABDULLAH, Suhaib→

director · ~51y · appointed 2009-06-01 · resigned 2009-12-01

Resigned

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