A.K. MOTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06822236 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-18
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
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£431.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46720
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
51 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £431,102

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£431k
Current Assets
£455k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-31
Total assets£431.1k
Current assets£454.8k
Net assets£431.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-12
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    HUSSAIN, Sohail appointed
    secretary
  4. 2024-09-12
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    HUSSAIN, Sohail resigned
    director
  5. 2024-09-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-09-12
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2024-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-11
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  12. 2020-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-23
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    address · AD01
  14. 2020-03-19
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  15. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-09-12
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  17. 2018-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-08-21
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  19. 2018-08-13
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    HUSSAIN, Tahir appointed
    director
  20. 2018-08-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2018-02-14
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    HUSSAIN, Sohail appointed
    director
  22. 2009-04-01
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    HUSSAIN, Tahir resigned
    director
  23. 2009-02-18
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    Company incorporated
    As A.K. MOTORS LIMITED
  24. 2009-02-18
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Shahdad appointed
    director
  25. 2009-02-18
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Tahir appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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 17 years.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-02-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46720 — SIC 46720

Registered office

32 Crawford Street Saltley
Birmingham
West Midlands
B8 1JL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-23
Last: 2025-06-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HUSSAIN, Sohail→
secretary · appointed 2024-09-12
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Active
HUSSAIN, Shahdad→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-02-18
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Active
HUSSAIN, Tahir→
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUSSAIN, Sohail→
director · ~32y · appointed 2018-02-14 · resigned 2024-09-12
Resigned
HUSSAIN, Tahir→
director · ~44y · appointed 2009-02-18 · resigned 2009-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-12
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2021-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-15