AA RECRUITMENT AGENCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08927390 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-07
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-32.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 78200Temporary employment agency activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -71% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £32,259
Cash draining
Cash down 71% YoY
Cash YoY
-71%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£189
↓ 71% YoY
Net Worth
-£32k
↓ 1.8% YoY
Current Assets
£189
↓ 92% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£32k-£25k-£18k-£11k-£4k£2kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-259£1.3k
Current assets£189£2.5k
Cash£189£654
Debtors—£1.8k
Net assets£-32.3k£-31.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-09
    ➖
    ANYIMUKWU, Adaku Chinyere resigned
    secretary
  9. 2019-05-09
    ➖
    ANYIMUKWU, Adaku Chinyere resigned
    director
  10. 2019-05-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-05-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2019-05-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-05-07
    ➕
    ANYIMUKWU, Ogonna appointed
    director
  14. 2019-05-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-05-06
    ➖
    ANYIMUKWU, Nneka Nicole Esther resigned
    director
  16. 2018-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-09-01
    ➕
    ANYIMUKWU, Nneka Nicole Esther appointed
    director
  19. 2017-09-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2014-03-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AA RECRUITMENT AGENCY LIMITED
  21. 2014-03-07
    ➕
    ANYIMUKWU, Adaku Chinyere appointed
    secretary
  22. 2014-03-07
    ➕
    ANYIMUKWU, Adaku Chinyere appointed
    director
  23. 2014-03-07
    ➕
    COWAN, Graham Michael appointed
    director
  24. 2014-03-07
    ➖
    COWAN, Graham Michael resigned
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Mrs Adaku Chinyere Anyimukwu
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares07/03/2017

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
Incorporated2014-03-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

Room 8-10 Conduit Business Centre
Conduit Road
London
SE18 7AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

ANYIMUKWU, Ogonna→
director · ~66y · appointed 2019-05-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANYIMUKWU, Adaku Chinyere→
secretary · appointed 2014-03-07 · resigned 2019-05-09
Resigned
ANYIMUKWU, Adaku Chinyere→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-03-07 · resigned 2019-05-09
Resigned
ANYIMUKWU, Nneka Nicole Esther→
director · ~32y · appointed 2017-09-01 · resigned 2019-05-06
Resigned
COWAN, Graham Michael→
director · ~83y · appointed 2014-03-07 · resigned 2014-03-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-12