AHK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06149290 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-09
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£31.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46220
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46499Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £31,876
Very low cash
Cash position: £2
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2
~ YoY
Net Worth
£32k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£80k
↑ 5.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£16k£32k£48k£64k£80kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£31.9k£24.5k
Current assets£80.5k£76.0k
Cash£2£2
Debtors£64.8k£62.4k
Net assets£31.9k£24.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-19
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    address · AD01
  4. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-03-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-05-27
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2022-05-24
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-04-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2007-05-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2007-03-12
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  19. 2007-03-12
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  20. 2007-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As AHK LIMITED
  21. 2007-03-09
    ➕
    HOLLIDAY, Jeremy Edward John appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-03-09
    ➕
    HOLLIDAY, Jeremy Edward John appointed
    director
  23. 2007-03-09
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    HOLLIDAY, Katharine appointed
    director
  24. 2007-03-09
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2007-03-09
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 65. 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 19 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Katharine Holliday
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Jeremy Edward John Holliday
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46220 — SIC 46220

Registered office

Brooke Cottage
The Forstal
Mersham
Kent
TN25 6NU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HOLLIDAY, Jeremy Edward John→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-09
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Active
HOLLIDAY, Jeremy Edward John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-03-09
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Active
HOLLIDAY, Katharine→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-03-09
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Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-03-09 · resigned 2007-03-12
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-03-09 · resigned 2007-03-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property11/05/2007—
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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-13
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-05-24