ACQUIRE LEARNING COLLEGE LTD
💤Zombieactive
10181287 · ltd · incorporated 2016-05-16
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£111.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 62020Information technology consultancy activities
- 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
- 85320Technical and vocational secondary education
Investor take
PursueStrong 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: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 4 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
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
46 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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £111,526
Cash YoY
+12668%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£205k
↑ 12668% YoY
Net Worth
£112k
↑ 98% YoY
Current Assets
£299k
↑ 92% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £144.7k | £97.0k |
| Current assets | £299.3k | £156.2k |
| Cash | £204.8k | £1.6k |
| Debtors | £94.6k | £154.6k |
| Net assets | £111.5k | £56.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-06-09📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-05-18📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2023-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-10✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-15➖RASOOL, Imtiaz resigneddirector
- 2022-03-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-03-15📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-03-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-03-14➕AZIZ, Aqib Ijaaz appointeddirector
- 2022-03-14➖RASOOL, Imtiaz resignedsecretary
- 2022-03-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-03-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-03-14📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2022-03-07✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2021-11-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-09-01➖IMTIAZ, Nadia resigneddirector
- 2016-05-25➕IMTIAZ, Nadia appointeddirector
- 2016-05-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ACQUIRE LEARNING COLLEGE LTD
- 2016-05-16➕RASOOL, Imtiaz appointedsecretary
- 2016-05-16➕RASOOL, Imtiaz appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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
45/100
Moderate signalSome 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.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Aqib Ijaaz Aziz Individual · British · DOB 06/1993 · age 33 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest | 15/03/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Dr Imtiaz Rasoolceased 14/03/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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 · Retail · S postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A FIVE STARZ LTD→ 16513057 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ABBSI LTD→ 16244867 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ABBYS CURRY HOUSE LTD→ 15199996 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ABEEMART LIMITED→ 15637511 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ABINEYA LTD→ 15442269 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ABUBAKERSIDDIQU LTD→ 16659212 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACE TICKETS LTD→ 15826622 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACGP ENTERPRISES LTD→ 16178899 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACM TRADES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→ 15209295 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ACSUPPLYSUK LTD→ 16176797 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACUTISPVT LIMITED→ 16752882 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AD & CO PVT LTD→ 16997002 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
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 →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-05-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Registered office
Atlas House
Attercliffe Road
Sheffield
S4 7WZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last: 2026-06-16
Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)
AZIZ, Aqib Ijaaz→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2022-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RASOOL, Imtiaz→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2016-05-16 · resigned 2022-03-14
IMTIAZ, Nadia→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2016-05-25 · resigned 2017-09-01
RASOOL, Imtiaz→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2016-05-16 · resigned 2022-03-15
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (46 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-06-09
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-06-09
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28