ALPHABET WRITING & RESEARCH COMPANY LTD

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14072344 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-27
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (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 (58/100).

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, 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 (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red 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£173£347£520£694£867Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£867
Current assets£867
Net assets£377

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-05-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-05-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-05-01
    SIKDAR, Pratap resigned
    director
  5. 2026-01-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2026-01-19
    SAHA, Partha Kumar appointed
    director
  7. 2026-01-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-12-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2025-10-08
    MINDRU, Ioana Cristina resigned
    director
  10. 2025-10-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2025-08-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2025-08-05
    MINDRU, Ioana Cristina appointed
    director
  13. 2025-07-31
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2025-07-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2025-04-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2025-04-17
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  17. 2025-04-11
    UR-RAHMAN, Mujib resigned
    secretary
  18. 2025-04-02
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  19. 2025-04-01
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  20. 2025-03-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2024-01-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2022-05-09
    UR-RAHMAN, Mujib appointed
    secretary
  23. 2022-05-09
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  24. 2022-05-09
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  25. 2022-04-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALPHABET WRITING & RESEARCH COMPANY LTD
  26. 2022-04-27
    SIKDAR, Pratap appointed
    director
  27. 2022-04-27
    📄
    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

1 med · 1 low
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MINDRU, Ioana Cristina resigned 2025-10-08; SIKDAR, Pratap resigned 2026-05-01

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Partha Kumar Saha
Individual · Bangladeshi · DOB 12/1981 · age 45
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/05/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Pratap Sikdarceased 06/05/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-04-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Room 12, 4th Floor Boardman House
64 Broadway
Stratford
London
E15 1NT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

SAHA, Partha Kumar
director · ~45y · appointed 2026-01-19
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Active
UR-RAHMAN, Mujib
secretary · appointed 2022-05-09 · resigned 2025-04-11
Resigned
MINDRU, Ioana Cristina
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-08-05 · resigned 2025-10-08
Resigned
SIKDAR, Pratap
director · ~48y · appointed 2022-04-27 · resigned 2026-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-17
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-17
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-04-02