AA ASSOCIATES LTD

💤Zombieactive
12166191 · ltd · incorporated 2019-08-20
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
£26.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does

Day-to-day, this small professional services firm most likely provides accounting, auditing, and financial management services to individuals or businesses, with its micro-entity accounts suggesting a modest operation, possibly owner-managed, handling bookkeeping, compliance, and financial advisory work.

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70221Financial management
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. 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: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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 (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £26,205

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£26k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£454
↓ 94% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£5k£10k£16k£21k£26kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£26.2k£7.1k
Current assets£454£7.1k
Net assets£26.2k£26.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 address
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-30
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-05-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-28
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-05-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-25
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2020-04-06
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  11. 2020-04-06
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2020-04-06
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-04-06
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2020-03-25
    RAZIQ, Amina appointed
    secretary
  15. 2020-03-25
    ALI, Muhammad Shoaib resigned
    secretary
  16. 2020-03-24
    ALI, Muhammad Shoaib resigned
    director
  17. 2019-10-16
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2019-10-02
    ALI, Muhammad Shoaib appointed
    director
  19. 2019-08-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AA ASSOCIATES LTD
  20. 2019-08-20
    RAZIQ, Amina appointed
    director
  21. 2019-08-20
    ALI, Muhammad Shoaib appointed
    secretary
  22. 2019-08-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Amina Raziq
Individual · British · DOB 03/1987 · age 39
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/08/2019
Mr Muhammad Shoaib Ali
Individual · British · DOB 04/1985 · age 41
2550%
25-50% shares20/08/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Muhammad Shoaib Aliceased 01/02/2020· 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
Incorporated2019-08-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

25 Arcadia Close
Carshalton
SM5 2AE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-10
Last: 2026-05-27

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

RAZIQ, Amina
secretary · appointed 2020-03-25
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Active
RAZIQ, Amina
director · ~39y · appointed 2019-08-20
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Active
ALI, Muhammad Shoaib
secretary · appointed 2019-08-20 · resigned 2020-03-25
Resigned
ALI, Muhammad Shoaib
director · ~41y · appointed 2019-10-02 · resigned 2020-03-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-22