AYKA CREATIONS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14020890 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-02
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

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)
  • 74201Portrait photographic activities
  • 74203Film processing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. 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, 4 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-04
    📄
    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  4. 2024-01-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AYKA CREATIONS LTD
  6. 2022-04-02
    MEHTA, Ravi Sanjay appointed
    director
  7. 2022-04-02
    THAKKAR, Abhay appointed
    director
  8. 2022-04-02
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some 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 signal

Limited 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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-07-23

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ravi Sanjay Mehta
Individual · Indian · DOB 10/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control02/04/2022
Mr Abhay Thakkar
Individual · British · DOB 09/1983 · age 43
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control02/04/2022

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Retail · SG postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ANAVA LIMITED
10581995 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
9y
ANDERTON TOYS LIMITED
11856521 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
AREA FIFTY FUN LIMITED
14942714 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
ARKLEY FINE ART LIMITED
10785140 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
8y
ATTITUDE BIKES LTD
12286883 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
AURUM & ARGENT LTD
12078537 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
AUSTENWEST OUTDOOR LIVING LTD
13259574 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
5y
AV CONSULT LTD
10781458 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
8y
AVENUE FISHERIES LIMITED
04669516 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
23y
B&D2020 LTD
12746878 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
B17 ENTERPRISES LTD
11859727 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
BABY BEAUTIFUL COMPANY LTD
12858113 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-04-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

14 Ashdown Road
Stevenage
SG2 8TY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23OVERDUE
Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MEHTA, Ravi Sanjay
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THAKKAR, Abhay
director · ~43y · appointed 2022-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (9 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-04-02