AKS COS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14562449 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-30
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-54.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £54,608
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £55,830 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£55k
↓ 4569% YoY
Current Assets
£34k
↑ 392% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£55k-£37k-£19k-£1k£16k£34kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£263.2k£161.5k
Current assets£34.0k£6.9k
Net assets£-54.6k£1.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-17
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-01-14
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  4. 2025-12-02
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2025-07-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-07-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-07-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-04-10
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2024-04-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Mitsubishi Hc Capital UK PLC
  11. 2023-06-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2023-02-28
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  13. 2022-12-30
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    Company incorporated
    As AKS COS LTD
  14. 2022-12-30
    KAMALAKGANNAN, Aberaam appointed
    director
  15. 2022-12-30
    KAMALAKGANNAN, Sittampalam appointed
    director
  16. 2022-12-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

Aks Corporation Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Aks Corporation Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
AKS COS LTD
This company · 14562449

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aks Corporation Ltd
Corporate entity
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/06/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Aberaam Kamalakgannanceased 06/06/2023· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
  • Mr Sittampalam Kamalakgannanceased 06/06/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2022-12-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

40 Station Road
Clacton-On-Sea
CO15 1SX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KAMALAKGANNAN, Aberaam
director · ~28y · appointed 2022-12-30
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Active
KAMALAKGANNAN, Sittampalam
director · ~61y · appointed 2022-12-30
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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
Mitsubishi Hc Capital UK
Mitsubishi Hc Capital UK PLC
A registered charge1 property05/04/2024
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Recent filings (15 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2026-01-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-06
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-02-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-12-30