AL CHALABI MEDICAL LTD

💤Zombieactive

07665938 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-10

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

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£347.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: General medical practice activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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 (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

41 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £347,900

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£348k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£24k

↑ 45% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£348.5k	£346.4k
Current assets	£24.1k	£16.6k
Net assets	£347.9k	£345.9k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-08-22
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2025-02-20
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2023-09-19
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accounts · AA
2023-01-06
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accounts · AA
2022-02-17
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2021-01-30
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accounts · AA
2020-01-22
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accounts · AA
2019-02-22
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accounts · AA
2017-12-15
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accounts · AA
2017-11-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-02-08
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accounts · AA
2016-09-10
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gazette · DISS40
2016-09-08
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annual-return · AR01
2016-09-06
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gazette · GAZ1
2016-02-15
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accounts · AA
2011-06-10
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Company incorporated
As AL CHALABI MEDICAL LTD
2011-06-10
➕
RAJA, Al Hakeem appointed
secretary
2011-06-10
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AL CHALABI, Hussain Ali Mohammad, Dr 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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "AL CHALABI" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 78 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 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Hussain Ali Mohammad Al Chalabi Individual · British · DOB 07/1948 · age 78	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	08/10/2017

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

Incorporated2011-06-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC86210 — General medical practice activities

Registered office

149 Armadale Road

Bolton

BL3 4UT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-24

Last: 2026-06-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

RAJA, Al Hakeem→

secretary · appointed 2011-06-10

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Active

AL CHALABI, Hussain Ali Mohammad, Dr→

director · ~78y · appointed 2011-06-10

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Active

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