AMERICAN CONTINENTAL LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
07847620 · ltd · incorporated 2011-11-15
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 Nov 2025
Net worth
£299.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -56% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 0.9y
10/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 0.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £299,016
Cash draining
Cash down 56% YoY
Cash YoY
-56%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£17k
↓ 56% YoY
Net Worth
£299k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£428k
↑ 5.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £299.0k | £263.3k |
| Current assets | £428.1k | £404.9k |
| Cash | £16.6k | £38.1k |
| Debtors | £294.4k | £272.2k |
| Net assets | £299.0k | £263.3k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-17📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2025-11-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-09-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-09-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-09-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-07-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2011-11-15🏢Company incorporatedAs AMERICAN CONTINENTAL LIMITED
- 2011-11-15➕AGHAJANZADEH, Reza appointeddirector
Owner dependency
95/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Reza Aghajanzadeh Individual · Iranian · DOB 11/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46390 — Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Registered office
9a & 10a Saxon Square
Christchurch
Dorset
BH23 1QA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
AGHAJANZADEH, Reza→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2011-11-15
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/09/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 01/09/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (44 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-06
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-01