AFRICAN GREAT LAKES INVESTMENTS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12490659 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-28
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£4.25M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 07290
Sector: Mining & quarrying
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 08990SIC 08990
- 64303Activities of venture and development capital companies
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 3 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
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
27 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £4,250,000
Very low cash
Cash position: £0
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£0
Net Worth
£4.3m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£0
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.25M | £4.25M |
| Current assets | £0 | — |
| Cash | £0 | — |
| Debtors | £0 | — |
| Net assets | £4.25M | £4.25M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-07📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-06-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-14📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2024-12-03📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-03-06📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-30📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-09-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-13📄administrative-restoration-companyrestoration · RT01
- 2022-03-22📄gazette-dissolved-compulsorygazette · GAZ2
- 2022-01-04📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2020-10-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-10-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-10-05➖TIMOSHENKO, Serhii resigneddirector
- 2020-03-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2020-03-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2020-02-28🏢Company incorporatedAs AFRICAN GREAT LAKES INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2020-02-28➕JUSTON COUMAT, Denis appointeddirector
- 2020-02-28➕POSTU, Vitalie appointeddirector
- 2020-02-28➕TIMOSHENKO, Serhii appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
John Price And Partners Fze holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
🏛️significant stake
John Price And Partners Fze
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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AFRICAN GREAT LAKES INVESTMENTS LIMITED
This company · 12490659
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr. Vitalie Postu Individual · French · DOB 04/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/09/2022 |
John Price And Partners Fze Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 28/02/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Universal Diamonds Dmccceased 05/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC07290 — SIC 07290
Registered office
27 Old Gloucester Street
London
WC1N 3AX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
JUSTON COUMAT, Denis→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2020-02-28
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POSTU, Vitalie→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2020-02-28
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TIMOSHENKO, Serhii→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2020-02-28 · resigned 2020-10-05
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Recent filings (27 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-04
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-01-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-03
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-12