A-HA! DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08607861 · ltd · incorporated 2013-07-12
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-194.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Advertising agencies
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
47 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £194,631

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£195k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£110k
↑ 5.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£195k-£134k-£73k-£12k£49k£110kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£-165.0k£-103.6k
Current assets£110.4k£104.7k
Debtors£52.0k£39.8k
Net assets£-194.6k£-160.1k

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
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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-11-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2022-11-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-11-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-11-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-11-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-11-03
    ➕
    WHITFIELD, Ian appointed
    director
  12. 2022-11-03
    ➕
    WHITFIELD, Thomas Michael appointed
    director
  13. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2018-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-06-01
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    RENGERS, Christian Morgan resigned
    director
  20. 2015-12-01
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    RENGERS, Elaine Suzanne appointed
    director
  21. 2013-11-14
    ➕
    RENGERS, Christian Morgan appointed
    director
  22. 2013-11-14
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    RENGERS, Elaine Suzanne resigned
    director
  23. 2013-07-12
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    Company incorporated
    As A-HA! DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
  24. 2013-07-12
    ➕
    RENGERS, Elaine Suzanne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Sbs 2022 Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Sbs 2022 Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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A-HA! DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
This company · 08607861

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Sbs 2022 Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/11/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Elaine Suzanne Rengersceased 03/11/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence

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
Incorporated2013-07-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC73110 — Advertising agencies

Registered office

Wharfedale House
50a The Grove
Ilkley
LS29 9EE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

RENGERS, Elaine Suzanne→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITFIELD, Ian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2022-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITFIELD, Thomas Michael→
director · ~35y · appointed 2022-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RENGERS, Christian Morgan→
director · ~35y · appointed 2013-11-14 · resigned 2016-06-01
Resigned
RENGERS, Elaine Suzanne→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-07-12 · resigned 2013-11-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-11-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31