AL ENAM LTD

💤Zombieactive
06836573 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-04
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10130
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56102Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
  • 56210Event catering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 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

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees0

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-01-06
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    accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
    accounts · AAMD
  4. 2024-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-04
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2009-04-01
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    HABASHA, Mohammed appointed
    secretary
  15. 2009-04-01
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    HABASHA, Mohammed resigned
    secretary
  16. 2009-04-01
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    HABASHA, Raad appointed
    director
  17. 2009-04-01
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    HABASHA, Raad resigned
    director
  18. 2009-03-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AL ENAM LTD
  19. 2009-03-04
    ➕
    HABASHA, Mohammed appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-03-04
    ➕
    HABASHA, Raad appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Mr Mohammed Habasha
Individual · Dutch · DOB 05/1988 · age 38
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/03/2025
Mr Raad Habasha
Individual · Dutch · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control04/03/2017

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
Incorporated2009-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10130 — SIC 10130

Registered office

Al Enam Unit F32 - Acton Business Centre
School Road
London
NW10 6TD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HABASHA, Mohammed→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-04
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Active
HABASHA, Raad→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-03-04
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Active
HABASHA, Mohammed→
secretary · appointed 2009-04-01 · resigned 2009-04-01
Resigned
HABASHA, Raad→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-04-01 · resigned 2009-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-18
accounts-amended-with-made-up-date
accounts · AAMD
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-04