AKS (LDN) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11535962 · ltd · incorporated 2018-08-24
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£-18.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £18,943

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
Net Worth
-£19k
Current Assets
£182k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-31
Total assets£-7.2k
Current assets£182.4k
Cash£3.0k
Debtors£177.0k
Net assets£-18.9k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2025-06-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-06-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-05-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-10-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-10-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-08-30
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    KAMALAKGANNAN, Sivasothey resigned
    director
  14. 2019-08-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-08-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-09-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-08-24
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    Company incorporated
    As AKS (LDN) LIMITED
  18. 2018-08-24
    ➕
    KAMALAKGANNAN, Aberaam appointed
    director
  19. 2018-08-24
    ➕
    KAMALAKGANNAN, Sittampalam appointed
    director
  20. 2018-08-24
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    KAMALAKGANNAN, Sivasothey appointed
    director
  21. 2018-08-24
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Aks Corporation Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

🏛️
Aks Corporation Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
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AKS (LDN) LIMITED
This company · 11535962

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aks Corporation Ltd
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control24/05/2022
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Aberaam Kamalakgannanceased 24/05/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Sittampalam Kamalakgannanceased 24/05/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mrs Sivasothey Kamalakgannanceased 30/08/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2018-08-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

Unit 12 Turner Rise Retail Park
Colchester
Essex
CO4 5TU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-30
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-07
Last: 2025-05-24

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

KAMALAKGANNAN, Aberaam→
director · ~28y · appointed 2018-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAMALAKGANNAN, Sittampalam→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAMALAKGANNAN, Sivasothey→
director · ~62y · appointed 2018-08-24 · resigned 2019-08-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-06-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-16
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-12