AA PCO TRADE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
14795563 · ltd · incorporated 2023-04-12
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£14.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
66/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 66/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
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
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £14,096
Cash YoY
+104%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£11k
↑ 104% YoY
Net Worth
£14k
↑ 4.8% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↑ 104% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£3k£6k£8k£11k£14kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£14.1k£13.5k
Current assets£11.0k£5.4k
Cash£11.0k£5.4k
Net assets£14.1k£13.5k

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-26
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2026-02-25
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-02-25
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-02-24
    SHUMRY, Dia resigned
    director
  6. 2026-02-23
    MALEK SHAH, Bashar Abdulkarim Mohammed appointed
    director
  7. 2025-09-19
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-09-19
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2025-09-01
    AL SHIMARY, Ahmed Wahab resigned
    director
  10. 2025-09-01
    SHUMRY, Dia appointed
    director
  11. 2025-01-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-04-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AA PCO TRADE LIMITED
  13. 2023-04-12
    AL SHIMARY, Ahmed Wahab appointed
    director
  14. 2023-04-12
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

2 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: AL SHIMARY, Ahmed Wahab resigned 2025-09-01; SHUMRY, Dia resigned 2026-02-24

Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2026-02-26: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ahmed Wahab Al Shimary
Individual · British · DOB 10/1986 · age 40
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/04/2023

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
Incorporated2023-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77110 — Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

370a Upper Richmond Road West
London
SW14 7JU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-25
Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MALEK SHAH, Bashar Abdulkarim Mohammed
director · ~43y · appointed 2026-02-23
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Active
AL SHIMARY, Ahmed Wahab
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-04-12 · resigned 2025-09-01
Resigned
SHUMRY, Dia
director · ~46y · appointed 2025-09-01 · resigned 2026-02-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-02-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-04-12