A COFFEE & KITCHEN LTD

💤Zombieactive

10924824 · ltd · incorporated 2017-08-21

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other food services

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company 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. 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 (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
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officers · TM01
2023-12-20
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PALIZI, Diyako resigned
director
2023-12-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-08
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elect-to-keep-the-directors-register-information-on-the-public-register
officers · EH01
2023-09-23
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officers · AP01
2023-09-08
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PALIZI, Diyako appointed
director
2023-06-05
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capital · SH01
2023-05-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-21
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accounts · AA
2020-07-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-02-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-02-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-02-09
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SCANDARI, Sattar resigned
director
2019-01-21
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AHMADI, Zia appointed
director
2019-01-21
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MACKIEWICZ, Aleksandra resigned
director
2019-01-21
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MICHALIK, Agata resigned
director
2019-01-21
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SCANDARI, Sattar appointed
director
2017-08-21
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Company incorporated
As A COFFEE & KITCHEN LTD
2017-08-21
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MACKIEWICZ, Aleksandra appointed
director
2017-08-21
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MICHALIK, Agata 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

45/100

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.

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Zia Ahmadi Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest	09/02/2019

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Sattar Scandariceased 09/02/2019· significant influence
Ms Aleksandra Mackiewiczceased 21/01/2019· significant influence
Ms Agata Michalikceased 21/01/2019· significant influence

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.

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A BETTER NIGHT HOTEL LIMITED→ 15795885 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
A2ZZ FOOD LIMITED→ 15975982 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
AAABJK LTD→ 15963950 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
AAS RESTAURANT LTD→ 15526621 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ABAN TRADERS LTD→ 11783273 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
ABASEEN EXPRESS LIMITED→ 16096757 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ABASEEN KEBAB HOUSE LTD→ 16416940 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ABFLAMES LTD→ 15610667 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ABIRAJ PROJECTS LTD→ 11162992 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
ABO ABDO LTD→ 13947404 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
ABORIO LIMITED→ 16509595 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ABRUZZO XO LIMITED→ 12420176 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2017-08-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

Unit 1a Droylsden Shopping Centre

3 Queens Walk

Manchester

M43 7AD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-25

Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

AHMADI, Zia→

director · ~55y · appointed 2019-01-21

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Active

MACKIEWICZ, Aleksandra→

director · ~39y · appointed 2017-08-21 · resigned 2019-01-21

Resigned

MICHALIK, Agata→

director · ~42y · appointed 2017-08-21 · resigned 2019-01-21

Resigned

PALIZI, Diyako→

director · ~48y · appointed 2023-09-08 · resigned 2023-12-20

Resigned

SCANDARI, Sattar→

director · ~47y · appointed 2019-01-21 · resigned 2019-02-09

Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-05-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-05-14

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-06-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-26

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-04-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-12-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-12-08

elect-to-keep-the-directors-register-information-on-the-public-register

officers · EH01

2023-12-08

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-09-23

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2023-06-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-05-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-22