AK AUTOS AND TYRES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10341135 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-22
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£101.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 £101,227
Cash YoY
+12520%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£143k
↑ 12520% YoY
Net Worth
£101k
↑ 804% YoY
Current Assets
£190k
↑ 591% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£14k£26k£67k£108k£149k£190kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£101.2k£-14.4k
Current assets£189.6k£27.5k
Cash£143.2k£1.1k
Debtors£44.5k£24.1k
Net assets£101.2k£-14.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-22
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    ZAFAR, Khuram appointed
    director
  9. 2020-01-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-01-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-12-31
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    ZAFAR, Khuram resigned
    director
  12. 2019-07-03
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2019-07-02
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-24
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  16. 2018-11-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  17. 2018-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-05-21
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    accounts · AA01
  19. 2017-11-25
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  20. 2016-08-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AK AUTOS AND TYRES LTD
  21. 2016-08-22
    ➕
    ZAFAR, Adam Hussain appointed
    director
  22. 2016-08-22
    ➕
    ZAFAR, Khuram appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-08-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

3 Kingsley Terrace
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne And Wear
NE4 6PJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ZAFAR, Adam Hussain→
director · ~33y · appointed 2016-08-22
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Active
ZAFAR, Khuram→
director · ~35y · appointed 2020-01-22
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Active
ZAFAR, Khuram→
director · ~35y · appointed 2016-08-22 · resigned 2019-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-01-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-01-02