ALBANY UNIQUE LTD

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09113874 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-03
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
11 officers (1 active, 11 linked, 11 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£1£1£1Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1£1
Current assets£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-03-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-03-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2026-03-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-03-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2026-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-10-29
    ➕
    AYYAZ, Mohammed appointed
    director
  8. 2025-10-29
    ➖
    OSBORNE, Steve resigned
    director
  9. 2025-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-10-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-10-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2019-10-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2019-10-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2019-10-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2019-10-08
    ➖
    DEYES, Graham resigned
    director
  21. 2019-10-08
    ➕
    OSBORNE, Steve appointed
    director
  22. 2019-05-29
    ➕
    DEYES, Graham appointed
    director
  23. 2019-05-29
    ➖
    HOLLAND, Stuart resigned
    director
  24. 2018-11-15
    ➖
    FOOKS, Colin James resigned
    director
  25. 2018-11-15
    ➕
    HOLLAND, Stuart appointed
    director
  26. 2018-04-06
    ➕
    FOOKS, Colin James appointed
    director
  27. 2018-04-06
    ➖
    TIDSWELL, Kieran resigned
    director
  28. 2017-03-14
    ➖
    DUNNE, Terence resigned
    director
  29. 2017-03-14
    ➕
    TIDSWELL, Kieran appointed
    director
  30. 2017-03-09
    ➕
    DUNNE, Terence appointed
    director
  31. 2017-03-09
    ➖
    PASTUSZAK, Piotr resigned
    director
  32. 2016-08-25
    ➖
    CZERWINSKI, Bartosz resigned
    director
  33. 2016-08-25
    ➕
    PASTUSZAK, Piotr appointed
    director
  34. 2016-01-28
    ➕
    CZERWINSKI, Bartosz appointed
    director
  35. 2016-01-28
    ➖
    RAHMAN, Alimur resigned
    director
  36. 2014-08-01
    ➖
    DUNNE, Terence resigned
    director
  37. 2014-08-01
    ➕
    RAHMAN, Alimur appointed
    director
  38. 2014-07-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALBANY UNIQUE LTD
  39. 2014-07-03
    ➕
    DUNNE, Terence appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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
Mr Mohammed Ayyaz
Individual · British · DOB 12/1996 · age 30
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control29/10/2025
6 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Steve Osborneceased 29/10/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Graham Deyesceased 08/10/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Stuart Hollandceased 29/05/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Colin James Fooksceased 15/11/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest
  • Mr Kieran Tidswellceased 06/04/2018· 75-100% shares
  • Bartosz Czerwinskiceased 14/03/2017· 75-100% shares

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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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 1c, 55 Forest Road
Leicester
LE5 0BT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-04
Last: 2026-06-20

Officers (1 active · 10 resigned)

AYYAZ, Mohammed→
director · ~30y · appointed 2025-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CZERWINSKI, Bartosz→
director · ~32y · appointed 2016-01-28 · resigned 2016-08-25
Resigned
DEYES, Graham→
director · ~71y · appointed 2019-05-29 · resigned 2019-10-08
Resigned
DUNNE, Terence→
director · ~81y · appointed 2017-03-09 · resigned 2017-03-14
Resigned
DUNNE, Terence→
director · ~81y · appointed 2014-07-03 · resigned 2014-08-01
Resigned
FOOKS, Colin James→
director · ~73y · appointed 2018-04-06 · resigned 2018-11-15
Resigned
HOLLAND, Stuart→
director · ~28y · appointed 2018-11-15 · resigned 2019-05-29
Resigned
OSBORNE, Steve→
director · ~64y · appointed 2019-10-08 · resigned 2025-10-29
Resigned
PASTUSZAK, Piotr→
director · ~39y · appointed 2016-08-25 · resigned 2017-03-09
Resigned
RAHMAN, Alimur→
director · ~34y · appointed 2014-08-01 · resigned 2016-01-28
Resigned
TIDSWELL, Kieran→
director · ~41y · appointed 2017-03-14 · resigned 2018-04-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-15