AIKNIT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14759203 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-26
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-343
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13960
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71121Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £343
Cash YoY
+1756%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£16k
↑ 1756% YoY
Net Worth
-£343
↑ 98% YoY
Current Assets
£16k
↑ 1754% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£14k-£8k-£2k£4k£10k£16kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-343£-13.7k
Current assets£15.5k£837
Cash£15.5k£836
Debtors£1£1
Net assets£-343£-13.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 capital
  • 1 officers
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 capital
  • 1 officers
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
    📄
    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  2. 2026-03-31
    DEEPBRIDGE NED LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  3. 2026-03-31
    📄
    appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP02
  4. 2026-03-31
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2026-03-28
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-12-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-12-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AIKNIT LTD
  9. 2023-03-26
    RICHTER, Sophie appointed
    director
  10. 2023-03-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Sophie Richter
Individual · German · DOB 01/1984 · age 42
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control26/03/2023

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
Incorporated2023-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC13960 — SIC 13960

Registered office

102 Hargwyne Street
London
Greater London
SW9 9RJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

RICHTER, Sophie
director · ~42y · appointed 2023-03-26
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Active
DEEPBRIDGE NED LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2026-03-31
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Active

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Recent filings (10 total)

capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2026-04-17
appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP02
2026-03-31
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-03-26