AHMAD TEA (UK) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08807852 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-09
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10831
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46370Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £21,076,998
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £21.08M | — |
| Average employees | 523 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-12-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-20📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AAMD
- 2013-12-09🏢Company incorporatedAs AHMAD TEA (UK) LIMITED
- 2013-12-09➕AFSHAR, Ali, Dr appointedsecretary
- 2013-12-09➕AFSHAR, Abdol Karim, Dr appointeddirector
- 2013-12-09➕AFSHAR, Abdol Rahim appointeddirector
- 2013-12-09➕AFSHAR, Ali, Dr appointeddirector
- 2013-12-09➕AFSHAR, Ebrahim, Dr appointeddirector
- 2013-12-09➕AFSHAR, Mostaffa appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Dr Ebrahim Afshar Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 22/11/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Abdolrahim Afsharceased 22/11/2018· significant influence · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| BAYNHAMS BREWERY LIMITED→ 10602463 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| BBC COFFEE LIMITED→ 13005466 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-12-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10831 — SIC 10831
Registered office
Ahmad Tea Estate
Winchester Road
Chandlers Ford
Hampshire
SO53 2PZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06
Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)
Active
AFSHAR, Abdol Karim, Dr→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2013-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
AFSHAR, Abdol Rahim→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2013-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
AFSHAR, Ali, Dr→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2013-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
AFSHAR, Ebrahim, Dr→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2013-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
AFSHAR, Mostaffa→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2013-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (32 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-08-21