AFLAH AND CO LTD

🌳Matureactive
08841290 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-13
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 Mar 2026
Net worth
£-143.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Pre-primary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -85% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
34 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 £142,955
Cash draining
Cash down 85% YoY
Cash YoY
-85%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↓ 85% YoY
Net Worth
-£143k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£15k
↓ 68% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£143k-£105k-£67k-£29k£9k£47kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£-15.0k£22.9k
Current assets£15.1k£47.0k
Cash£6.3k£41.3k
Debtors£8.7k£5.7k
Net assets£-143.0k£-107.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2022-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2017-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2017-07-25
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    RISHI, Misbah resigned
    director
  16. 2016-08-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2016-01-16
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    HAFEEZ, Saqib appointed
    director
  18. 2014-01-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AFLAH AND CO LTD
  19. 2014-01-13
    ➕
    KHAN, Farzana appointed
    secretary
  20. 2014-01-13
    ➕
    KHAN, Farzana appointed
    director
  21. 2014-01-13
    ➕
    RISHI, Misbah appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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 Saqib Hafeez
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence11/07/2016

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
Incorporated2014-01-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85100 — Pre-primary education

Registered office

14 Buckler Place
Littlemore
Oxford
OX4 4ST
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

KHAN, Farzana→
secretary · appointed 2014-01-13
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Active
HAFEEZ, Saqib→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-01-16
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Active
KHAN, Farzana→
director · ~55y · appointed 2014-01-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RISHI, Misbah→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-01-13 · resigned 2017-07-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-08-21