AKI MOTORS LTD

💤Zombieactive
09614895 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-29
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£47.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
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: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 5 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
39 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £47,110

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£20k
Net Worth
£47k
Current Assets
£185k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-30
Total assets£47.1k
Current assets£185.4k
Cash£20.4k
Net assets£47.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-01
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  5. 2025-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-02-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-11-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-02-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2022-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-02-19
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    GOUVEIA, Jose Avelino resigned
    director
  17. 2019-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2019-02-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2019-01-27
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    officers · AP01
  20. 2019-01-14
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    GOUVEIA, Jose Avelino appointed
    director
  21. 2017-01-01
    ➖
    DEVELE, Nelli resigned
    director
  22. 2016-09-17
    ➖
    GOIS, Aldonio Mendes resigned
    director
  23. 2016-05-17
    ➕
    PEREIRA, Paulo appointed
    director
  24. 2016-05-17
    ➕
    GOIS, Aldonio Mendes appointed
    director
  25. 2015-06-08
    ➕
    DEVELE, Nelli appointed
    director
  26. 2015-06-08
    ➖
    PEREIRA, Paulo resigned
    director
  27. 2015-05-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AKI MOTORS LTD
  28. 2015-05-29
    ➕
    PEREIRA, Paulo 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

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 Paulo Pereira
Individual · Portuguese · DOB 04/1978 · age 48
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest18/12/2017

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Incorporated2015-05-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Unit 1 Manor Farm, Radcot Road
Grafton
Bampton
Oxfordshire
OX18 2RY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-12
Last: 2025-05-29

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

PEREIRA, Paulo→
director · ~48y · appointed 2016-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEVELE, Nelli→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-06-08 · resigned 2017-01-01
Resigned
GOIS, Aldonio Mendes→
director · ~46y · appointed 2016-05-17 · resigned 2016-09-17
Resigned
GOUVEIA, Jose Avelino→
director · ~62y · appointed 2019-01-14 · resigned 2019-02-19
Resigned
PEREIRA, Paulo→
director · ~48y · appointed 2015-05-29 · resigned 2015-06-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10