AKA TRADE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09462576 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-27
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
—
year to Feb 2026
Net worth
£-2.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of textiles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,409
Cash YoY
+84%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£44k
↑ 84% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↑ 69% YoY
Current Assets
£62k
↑ 9.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£8k£6k£20k£34k£48k£62kFeb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28
Total assets£-2.4k£-7.8k
Current assets£62.3k£56.9k
Cash£44.4k£24.1k
Debtors£17.8k£32.8k
Net assets£-2.4k£-7.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-04
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2015-02-27
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    Company incorporated
    As AKA TRADE LIMITED
  16. 2015-02-27
    ➕
    AL -AKKAD, Fayzeh Kabbani appointed
    director
  17. 2015-02-27
    ➕
    AL AKKAD, Mhd Gheyath appointed
    director
  18. 2015-02-27
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gheyath Al Akkad
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46410 — Wholesale of textiles

Registered office

21 Cheadle Wood
Cheadle Hulme
Cheadle
SK8 6SS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AL -AKKAD, Fayzeh Kabbani→
director · ~54y · appointed 2015-02-27
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AL AKKAD, Mhd Gheyath→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-02-27
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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-05