A1 SERVICES PVT LTD

💤Zombieactive
09488768 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-13
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced Carrier
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: medium (79/100)

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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
1
filing
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-11-17
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-11-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-11-04
    HACKING, Gareth Leonard resigned
    director
  6. 2025-11-04
    KALYAN, Surender resigned
    director
  7. 2024-12-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-09-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-09-18
    HACKING, Gareth Leonard appointed
    director
  10. 2023-11-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-05-24
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2022-05-15
    VADET, Dzhaner Fikret resigned
    director
  14. 2021-12-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-01-06
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2021-01-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-01-01
    KUMAR, Deepak resigned
    director
  18. 2019-09-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-01-31
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2019-01-29
    KALYAN, Surender appointed
    director
  21. 2018-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-11-09
    IVANOV, Ivaylo Lazarinov resigned
    director
  23. 2018-11-09
    KALYAN, Surender resigned
    director
  24. 2018-11-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  25. 2018-11-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  26. 2018-07-13
    IVANOV, Ivaylo Lazarinov appointed
    director
  27. 2018-07-13
    VADET, Dzhaner Fikret appointed
    director
  28. 2018-07-13
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  29. 2018-07-09
    KUMAR, Deepak appointed
    director
  30. 2018-06-20
    KALYAN, Surender appointed
    director
  31. 2015-03-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A1 SERVICES PVT LTD
  32. 2015-03-13
    MAAN, Parminder Singh 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

50/100
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.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HACKING, Gareth Leonard resigned 2025-11-04; KALYAN, Surender resigned 2025-11-04

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Parminder Singh Maan
Individual · Indian · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/03/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-03-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC53202 — Unlicenced Carrier

Registered office

19a Coningham Road
Reading
RG2 8QP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-24
Last: 2026-05-10

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

MAAN, Parminder Singh
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-03-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HACKING, Gareth Leonard
director · ~54y · appointed 2024-09-18 · resigned 2025-11-04
Resigned
IVANOV, Ivaylo Lazarinov
director · ~33y · appointed 2018-07-13 · resigned 2018-11-09
Resigned
KALYAN, Surender
director · ~37y · appointed 2019-01-29 · resigned 2025-11-04
Resigned
KALYAN, Surender
director · ~37y · appointed 2018-06-20 · resigned 2018-11-09
Resigned
KUMAR, Deepak
director · ~46y · appointed 2018-07-09 · resigned 2021-01-01
Resigned
VADET, Dzhaner Fikret
director · ~44y · appointed 2018-07-13 · resigned 2022-05-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10