AK ENERGY & CONSTRUCTION LTD

💤Zombieactive
09788159 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-22
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41201Construction of commercial buildings
  • 41202Construction of domestic buildings
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees00

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 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-03
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    capital · SH01
  3. 2025-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2017-09-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-09-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2017-06-18
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-06-18
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2017-05-19
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    KONSTANTINIDIS, Aristotelis appointed
    director
  17. 2017-05-19
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    BANAKOU, Maria resigned
    director
  18. 2017-02-21
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    address · AD01
  19. 2015-11-02
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    BANAKOU, Maria appointed
    director
  20. 2015-11-02
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    KONSTANTINIDIS, Aristotelis resigned
    director
  21. 2015-11-02
    ➕
    MB CAPITAL VENTURES LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2015-11-02
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    MB CAPITAL VENTURES LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  23. 2015-09-22
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    Company incorporated
    As AK ENERGY & CONSTRUCTION LTD
  24. 2015-09-22
    ➕
    KONSTANTINIDIS, Aristotelis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Aristotelis Konstantinidis
Individual · Greek · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/05/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Maria Banakouceased 19/05/2017· 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest

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
Incorporated2015-09-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Unit 10 Rac Estate
Park Road
Faringdon
Oxfordshire
SN7 7BP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

KONSTANTINIDIS, Aristotelis→
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BANAKOU, Maria→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-11-02 · resigned 2017-05-19
Resigned
KONSTANTINIDIS, Aristotelis→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-09-22 · resigned 2015-11-02
Resigned
MB CAPITAL VENTURES LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2015-11-02 · resigned 2015-11-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-13