AA PHARM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07181164 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-08
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 13.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 13.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£138k£277k£415k£553k£692kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£692.0k
Current assets£582.7k
Cash£285.1k
Net assets£691.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-05-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2017-09-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-09-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-02-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2014-05-02
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  18. 2013-04-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2010-03-08
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    Company incorporated
    As AA PHARM LIMITED
  20. 2010-03-08
    AMIN, Ajmal Mohammed appointed
    director
  21. 2010-03-08
    RAFIQ, Mohammed Atique appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ajmal Mohammed Amin
Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Mohammed Atique Rafiq
Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Ibrat Atique
Individual · British · DOB 06/1981 · age 45
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Shabana Amin
Individual · British · DOB 03/1977 · age 49
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Registered office

46-48 Duckworth Lane
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD9 5HB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last: 2025-09-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AMIN, Ajmal Mohammed
director · ~51y · appointed 2010-03-08
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Active
RAFIQ, Mohammed Atique
director · ~47y · appointed 2010-03-08
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property02/05/2014
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property05/04/2013
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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-31