AARAN ADVISORY LTD

💤Zombieactive
14644461 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-06
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£43.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). 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 (73/100).

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, 3 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, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £43,460

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£43k
Current Assets
£43k
Current Liabilities
£0£9k£17k£26k£35k£43kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£43.9k
Current assets£43.1k
Net assets£43.5k

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-19
    PATEL, Janak Jashbhai appointed
    director
  5. 2024-02-19
    GOKUL, Shinal resigned
    director
  6. 2024-02-19
    PATEL, Krishan resigned
    director
  7. 2024-02-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-02-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-02-19
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-03-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2023-03-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-03-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2023-03-01
    GOKUL, Shinal appointed
    director
  14. 2023-03-01
    PATEL, Janak Jashbhai resigned
    director
  15. 2023-03-01
    PATEL, Krishan appointed
    director
  16. 2023-02-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AARAN ADVISORY LTD
  17. 2023-02-06
    PATEL, Janak Jashbhai appointed
    director
  18. 2023-02-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-12-16: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Krishan Janak Patel
Individual · British · DOB 12/1989 · age 37
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/02/2023
Mrs Shinal Gokul
Individual · British · DOB 01/1984 · age 42
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/02/2023

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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9 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
Incorporated2023-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Unit 14 Dodson Way
Peterborough
PE1 5XJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

PATEL, Janak Jashbhai
director · ~70y · appointed 2024-02-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOKUL, Shinal
director · ~42y · appointed 2023-03-01 · resigned 2024-02-19
Resigned
PATEL, Janak Jashbhai
director · ~70y · appointed 2023-02-06 · resigned 2023-03-01
Resigned
PATEL, Krishan
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-03-01 · resigned 2024-02-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-02-06