AAM KITCHEN LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14868995 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-15
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 May 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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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 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-05-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  2. 2025-08-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-31
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2025-05-29
    AHMED, Abdula appointed
    director
  5. 2025-05-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-05-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-04-15
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2023-05-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AAM KITCHEN LTD
  9. 2023-05-15
    AHMED, Mustaque appointed
    director
  10. 2023-05-15
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-28

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mustaque Ahmed
Individual · British · DOB 05/1982 · age 44
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control15/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

Rye Rd Rye Road
Hawkhurst
Cranbrook
TN18 4EP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-02-28OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-28
Last: 2025-05-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AHMED, Abdula
director · ~35y · appointed 2025-05-29
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Active
AHMED, Mustaque
director · ~44y · appointed 2023-05-15
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-21
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-15