AAGRAH SHIPLEY LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
14128127 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-24
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£-98.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
12 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 · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £98,039
Cash YoY
+816%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£5k
↑ 816% YoY
Net Worth
-£98k
↓ 788% YoY
Current Assets
£229k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £13.6k | £95.6k |
| Current assets | £228.9k | £196.0k |
| Cash | £4.6k | £501 |
| Debtors | £212.5k | £181.7k |
| Net assets | £-98.0k | £-11.0k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-02-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-30➕MAHMOOD, Arshad appointeddirector
- 2022-05-30➖MAHMOOD, Raheem Yousef Hannan resigneddirector
- 2022-05-30📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-05-30📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-05-24🏢Company incorporatedAs AAGRAH SHIPLEY LIMITED
- 2022-05-24➕ASLAM, Mohammed Naeem appointeddirector
- 2022-05-24➕ASLAM, Wasim appointeddirector
- 2022-05-24➕SABIR, Mohammad Hasan appointeddirector
- 2022-05-24➕MAHMOOD, Raheem Yousef Hannan appointeddirector
- 2022-05-24📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
56/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
40/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️significant stake
Aagrah Midpoint Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
🏛️significant stake
Garforth Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
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AAGRAH SHIPLEY LIMITED
This company · 14128127
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aagrah Midpoint Group Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 24/05/2022 |
Garforth Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 24/05/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 111DB LIMITED→ 12989620 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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| 786 ALBAIK LTD→ 15252774 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 786 RESTAURANT LTD→ 16251981 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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| A20 LOUNGE LTD→ 16001755 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AAGRAH MIDPOINT GROUP LIMITED→ 14098815 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AAGRAH SALTAIRE LIMITED→ 14730199 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AAGRAH SPICEPOT LIMITED→ 16598060 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-05-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
Trust House 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: 2026-06-06
Last: 2025-05-23
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
ASLAM, Mohammed Naeem→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2022-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ASLAM, Wasim→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2022-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MAHMOOD, Arshad→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2022-05-30
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SABIR, Mohammad Hasan→
Activedirector · ~26y · appointed 2022-05-24
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MAHMOOD, Raheem Yousef Hannan→
Resigneddirector · ~30y · appointed 2022-05-24 · resigned 2022-05-30
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Recent filings (12 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
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
2023-06-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-30
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-05-24