A AND K INTERIORS LTD

💤Zombieactive

08382664 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-31

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

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). 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 (78/100)

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

1 officers (1 active, 1 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

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	100	100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-10-31
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accounts · AA
2024-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-10-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-15
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-02-20
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-02-05
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2013-01-31
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Company incorporated
As A AND K INTERIORS LTD
2013-01-31
➕
PIADLOWSKI, Andrzej appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

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 age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

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 76 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 13 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrzej Piadlowski Individual · Polish · DOB 06/1950 · age 76	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated2013-01-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

124 Upton Road

Bexleyheath, Kent

London

DA6 8LX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PIADLOWSKI, Andrzej→

director · ~76y · appointed 2013-01-31

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