AASTHA LTD
🌳Matureactive
08854115 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-21
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£37.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 62090Other information technology service activities
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
42 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £37,754
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£20k
Net Worth
£38k
Current Assets
£218k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £156.1k | — |
| Current assets | £218.4k | — |
| Cash | £19.6k | — |
| Debtors | £198.7k | — |
| Net assets | £37.8k | — |
| Average employees | — | 400 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-09-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-02-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-02-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-12-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-11-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-11-23📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-11-01➕JUMA, Mustafa Mohamedali appointeddirector
- 2021-11-01➖AHMED, Asiyah resigneddirector
- 2021-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-12📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-05-11📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2016-03-16➕GAJJAR, Pritesh appointeddirector
- 2014-01-21🏢Company incorporatedAs AASTHA LTD
- 2014-01-21➕AHMED, Asiyah appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Pritesh Gajjar Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/02/2022 |
Mr Mustafa Mohamedali Juma Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/02/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Ms Asiyah Ahmedceased 18/11/2021· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC61900 — Other telecommunications activities
Registered office
12 Station Road
Watford
WD17 1EG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
GAJJAR, Pritesh→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2016-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JUMA, Mustafa Mohamedali→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2021-11-01
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AHMED, Asiyah→
Resigneddirector · ~37y · appointed 2014-01-21 · resigned 2021-11-01
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Recent filings (42 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-02-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-02-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-02