A & G BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive
08332814 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-17
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
43 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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-06
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-09-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-12-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-12-09
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    address · AD01
  13. 2019-12-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-04-04
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    DAHANAYAKE, Gayan Duminda resigned
    director
  16. 2019-04-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2019-04-04
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2012-12-17
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    Company incorporated
    As A & G BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD
  19. 2012-12-17
    ➕
    ALAGIYAWANNA MOHOTTALALAGE, Anura Gunasekara appointed
    director
  20. 2012-12-17
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    DAHANAYAKE, Gayan Duminda appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Anura Gunasekara Alagiyawanna Mohottalalage
Individual · British · DOB 03/1977 · age 49
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gayan Duminda Dahanayakeceased 04/04/2019· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-12-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

5 Saunders Field
Maidstone
Kent
ME17 3GR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ALAGIYAWANNA MOHOTTALALAGE, Anura Gunasekara→
director · ~49y · appointed 2012-12-17
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Active
DAHANAYAKE, Gayan Duminda→
director · ~44y · appointed 2012-12-17 · resigned 2019-04-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-31