AA ACCOUNTANTS LTD

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06050544 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-12
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-08-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-11-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-08-09
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    accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2022-05-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-05-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-01-24
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  13. 2021-08-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-08-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2021-08-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-02-25
    📄
    accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
    accounts · AAMD
  18. 2020-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-04-18
    ➖
    YUSEF, Aasiyah resigned
    director
  20. 2015-01-23
    ➕
    YUSEF, Aasiyah appointed
    director
  21. 2012-07-25
    ➖
    MITCHELL, Daniel resigned
    director
  22. 2012-01-23
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Daniel appointed
    director
  23. 2011-11-01
    ➕
    NAWAZ, Shahzad appointed
    director
  24. 2011-10-31
    ➖
    MITCHELL, Daniel resigned
    director
  25. 2011-04-18
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Daniel appointed
    director
  26. 2011-04-01
    ➖
    MITCHELL, Daniel resigned
    director
  27. 2011-01-01
    ➖
    ADVANCED ACCOUNTANCY LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2007-01-15
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2007-01-15
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2007-01-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AA ACCOUNTANTS LTD
  31. 2007-01-12
    ➕
    ADVANCED ACCOUNTANCY LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  32. 2007-01-12
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2007-01-12
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Daniel appointed
    director
  34. 2007-01-12
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Shahzad Nawaz
Individual · British · DOB 03/1978 · age 48
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 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
Incorporated2007-01-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

6 Blenheim Court
Peppercorn Close
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE1 2DU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

NAWAZ, Shahzad→
director · ~48y · appointed 2011-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADVANCED ACCOUNTANCY LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-01-12 · resigned 2011-01-01
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-12 · resigned 2007-01-15
Resigned
MITCHELL, Daniel→
director · ~48y · appointed 2012-01-23 · resigned 2012-07-25
Resigned
MITCHELL, Daniel→
director · ~48y · appointed 2011-04-18 · resigned 2011-10-31
Resigned
MITCHELL, Daniel→
director · ~48y · appointed 2007-01-12 · resigned 2011-04-01
Resigned
YUSEF, Aasiyah→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-01-23 · resigned 2015-04-18
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-12 · resigned 2007-01-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
accounts · AAMD
2022-08-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-19