AITI SOLUTIONS UK LTD

💤Zombieactive
13664753 · ltd · incorporated 2021-10-06
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-743.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (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, 1 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £742,982

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
Net Worth
-£743k
↓ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£147k
↑ 151% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£743k-£565k-£387k-£209k-£31k£147kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-743.0k£-556.8k
Current assets£146.8k£58.4k
Cash£10.0k
Debtors£12.3k
Net assets£-743.0k£-559.5k

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

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1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-07-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-04
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-12-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-10-06
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    Company incorporated
    As AITI SOLUTIONS UK LTD
  8. 2021-10-06
    SMIT, Sylvia Maria Theresia appointed
    director
  9. 2021-10-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Sylvia Maria Theresia Smit
Individual · Dutch · DOB 07/1963 · age 63
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/10/2021

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
Incorporated2021-10-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Salisbury House London Wall, City
Office 526
London
EC2M 5SQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

SMIT, Sylvia Maria Theresia
director · ~63y · appointed 2021-10-06
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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-04-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-10-06