AJA INTERNATIONAL LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
13582860 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-24
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47789Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-29📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-30📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-09-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-09-07➕ALI, Jabar appointeddirector
- 2023-09-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-07-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-07-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-24📄administrative-restoration-companyrestoration · RT01
- 2023-02-21📄gazette-dissolved-compulsorygazette · GAZ2
- 2022-11-15📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-08-04➖ALI, Jabar resigneddirector
- 2022-08-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-07-29➕ALI, Jabar appointeddirector
- 2022-07-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-08-24🏢Company incorporatedAs AJA INTERNATIONAL LTD
- 2021-08-24➕SULAYMAN, Mohammad Maikiel Ali appointeddirector
- 2021-08-24📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Mohammad Maikiel Ali Sulayman Individual · British · DOB 11/1979 · age 47 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 24/08/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-08-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Registered office
20 The Sandhills Limerston Street
London
SW10 0BG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
Active
SULAYMAN, Mohammad Maikiel Ali→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2021-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ALI, Jabar→
Resigneddirector · ~24y · appointed 2022-07-29 · resigned 2022-08-04
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Recent filings (20 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
administrative-restoration-company
restoration · RT01
2023-07-24