A AND S IMPORTS AND EXPORTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07720504 · ltd · incorporated 2011-07-27
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 9.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-11.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.2 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
48 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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £11,014
Net assets shrinking
Down £63,274 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£11k
↓ 121% YoY
Current Assets
£151k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£11k£28k£67k£106k£145k£183kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-11.0k£52.3k
Current assets£151.1k£183.5k
Net assets£-11.0k£52.3k

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
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 address
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-12-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-12-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-08-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-05-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-08-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-08-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-08-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-05-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2017-02-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  21. 2016-06-08
    ➕
    ARACHCHIGE, Kamani Priyangika Rupasinghe appointed
    director
  22. 2011-07-27
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    Company incorporated
    As A AND S IMPORTS AND EXPORTS LIMITED
  23. 2011-07-27
    ➕
    WIJESINGHE ARACHCHIGE, Roshan Anton appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roshan Anton Wijesinghe Arachchige
Individual · British · DOB 03/1975 · age 51
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

3rd Floor St. Georges Way
Leicester
LE1 1SH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ARACHCHIGE, Kamani Priyangika Rupasinghe→
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-06-08
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Active
WIJESINGHE ARACHCHIGE, Roshan Anton→
director · ~51y · appointed 2011-07-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—10/02/201712/05/2017

Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28