AAGRAH GARFORTH LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14106221 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-13
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
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£2.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -98% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.1y

35/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Charge age ~3.1 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,808
Net assets shrinking
Down £4,133 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 98% YoY
Cash YoY
-98%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£152
↓ 98% YoY
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 60% YoY
Current Assets
£250k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k£250kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£10.3k£9.8k
Current assets£249.8k£204.8k
Cash£152£6.5k
Debtors£233.1k£183.0k
Net assets£2.8k£6.9k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-04-26
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2023-04-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  8. 2022-05-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AAGRAH GARFORTH LIMITED
  9. 2022-05-13
    ASLAM, Mohammed Naeem appointed
    director
  10. 2022-05-13
    ASLAM, Wasim appointed
    director
  11. 2022-05-13
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Garforth Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Garforth Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
AAGRAH GARFORTH LIMITED
This company · 14106221

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Garforth Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/05/2022

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
Incorporated2022-05-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Trust House C/O Isaacs, St James Business Park
5 New Augustus Street
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD1 5LL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-26
Last: 2025-05-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ASLAM, Mohammed Naeem
director · ~52y · appointed 2022-05-13
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Active
ASLAM, Wasim
director · ~49y · appointed 2022-05-13
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge26/04/2023
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Recent filings (10 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-04-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-05-13