AHMEDMEDIAGROUP LTD

💤Zombieactive
07927959 · ltd · incorporated 2012-01-30
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees200200

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-02-24
    AHMED, Naila Ambreen resigned
    director
  4. 2025-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2019-07-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-07-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-07-04
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2019-07-01
    AHMED, Naila Ambreen appointed
    director
  16. 2019-05-31
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2018-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-01-30
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    Company incorporated
    As AHMEDMEDIAGROUP LTD
  19. 2012-01-30
    AHMED, Mohammed Ali appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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 "AHMED" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mohammed Ali Ahmed
Individual · British · DOB 05/1976 · age 50
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control30/06/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Naila Ambreen Ahmedceased 24/02/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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7 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
Incorporated2012-01-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

82 Downland Drive
Southgate
Crawley
West Sussex
RH11 8QU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-25
Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

AHMED, Mohammed Ali
director · ~50y · appointed 2012-01-30
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Active
AHMED, Naila Ambreen
director · ~45y · appointed 2019-07-01 · resigned 2026-02-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-15