A. A. PLUMBING AND HEATING SUPPLIES LIMITED

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06702035 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-18
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46740
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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: 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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
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
85
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-09-272023-09-27
Average employees400500

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-06-19
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  3. 2024-05-28
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  4. 2024-05-28
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  5. 2024-05-28
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  6. 2024-05-28
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  7. 2024-05-28
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-04-15
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    HUSSAIN, Adalat appointed
    director
  9. 2024-04-15
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    HUSSAIN, Zaheer resigned
    director
  10. 2023-09-27
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  11. 2023-06-27
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  12. 2022-06-28
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  13. 2021-09-24
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  14. 2021-06-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
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  15. 2020-09-29
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  16. 2019-09-27
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  17. 2019-06-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
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  18. 2018-06-30
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  19. 2016-04-01
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    HUSSAIN, Shahida Parveen resigned
    director
  20. 2014-10-01
    ➖
    HUSSAIN, Zahoor resigned
    secretary
  21. 2014-10-01
    ➖
    BI, Shamim resigned
    director
  22. 2014-10-01
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Shahida Parveen appointed
    director
  23. 2014-10-01
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Zaheer appointed
    director
  24. 2014-10-01
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    HUSSAIN, Zahoor resigned
    director
  25. 2008-09-18
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    Company incorporated
    As A. A. PLUMBING AND HEATING SUPPLIES LIMITED
  26. 2008-09-18
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Zahoor appointed
    secretary
  27. 2008-09-18
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2008-09-18
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2008-09-18
    ➕
    BI, Shamim appointed
    director
  30. 2008-09-18
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Zahoor appointed
    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

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Adalat Hussain
Individual · British · DOB 06/1993 · age 33
——sig. influencesignificant influence15/04/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Zaheer Hussainceased 15/04/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · firm interest
  • Mrs Shahida Parveen Hussainceased 15/04/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-09-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740

Registered office

122 Lichfield Street
Stoke-On-Trent
ST1 3DS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last made up to: 2024-09-27
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

HUSSAIN, Adalat→
director · ~33y · appointed 2024-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUSSAIN, Zahoor→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-18 · resigned 2014-10-01
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-09-18 · resigned 2008-09-18
Resigned
BI, Shamim→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-09-18 · resigned 2014-10-01
Resigned
HUSSAIN, Shahida Parveen→
director · ~49y · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2016-04-01
Resigned
HUSSAIN, Zaheer→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2024-04-15
Resigned
HUSSAIN, Zahoor→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-09-18 · resigned 2014-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-28