AAB TRADES LIMITED
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: 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 (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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 →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Current assets | £5.6k | £19.3k |
| Cash | £5.6k | £19.3k |
| Net assets | £325.7k | £274.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-27➖ANWAR, Naeem resignedsecretary
- 2021-04-27📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-04-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-13📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2016-10-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2016-10-10➕ANWAR, Naeem appointedsecretary
- 2016-10-10➖ASSAS, Majid resigneddirector
- 2014-11-17🏢Company incorporatedAs AAB TRADES LIMITED
- 2014-11-17➕ASSAS, Mushref appointeddirector
- 2014-11-17➕ASSAS, Majid appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Majid Assas Individual · Saudi Arabian · DOB 09/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Property · DN postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4FLYNNS LIMITED→ 10838170 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| 5 STAR PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LTD→ 15999705 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 7532 TRADING LIMITED→ 12997616 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| A & B BELLAMY PROPERTIES LIMITED→ 12429431 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| A & B PROPERTIES LIMITED→ 04223640 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
| A ASEFI PROPERTIES LTD→ 16556195 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| A&A STAYS LTD→ 16750303 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| A2Z INVESTMENTS YORKSHIRE LTD→ 16609361 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| A5 ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD→ 16253321 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AA ESTATE HOLDINGS LTD.→ 12515203 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AAA FIRSTSTEP PROPERTIES LIMITED→ 12852072 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AAHG LTD→ 14836054 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Registered office
Filing status
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.