A&A SOURCING LTD

🌳Matureactive
06640251 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-08
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees100100

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-06-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2020-06-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2020-06-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2020-05-18
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    SHABABI, Masoud appointed
    director
  10. 2020-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-07-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2018-07-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-07-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2017-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-10-01
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    SHABABI, Masoud resigned
    director
  19. 2008-07-08
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    Company incorporated
    As A&A SOURCING LTD
  20. 2008-07-08
    ➕
    SHABABI, Arash appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-07-08
    ➕
    SHABABI, Arash appointed
    director
  22. 2008-07-08
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2008-07-08
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2008-07-08
    ➕
    SHABABI, Masoud appointed
    director
  25. 2008-07-08
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2008-07-08
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Masoud Shababi
Individual · British · DOB 01/1944 · age 82
—50–75%50-75% voting01/05/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Arash Shababiceased 01/05/2020· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2008-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Acorn Grove
Kingswood
Tadworth
Surrey
KT20 6QT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SHABABI, Arash→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHABABI, Arash→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHABABI, Masoud→
director · ~82y · appointed 2020-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-07-08 · resigned 2008-07-08
Resigned
SHABABI, Masoud→
director · ~82y · appointed 2008-07-08 · resigned 2010-10-01
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2008-07-08 · resigned 2008-07-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-06-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-22