AL COMPANY TRADING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14939796 · ltd · incorporated 2023-06-16
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-04
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2024-09-03
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2023-11-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-06-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AL COMPANY TRADING LTD
  7. 2023-06-16
    PATEL, Ismail Asif appointed
    director
  8. 2023-06-16
    PATEL, Mujtaba appointed
    director
  9. 2023-06-16
    ZAMAN, Adam appointed
    director
  10. 2023-06-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

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

Azip Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Azip Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
AL COMPANY TRADING LTD
This company · 14939796

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Azip Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/06/2023

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
Incorporated2023-06-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46470 — Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment

Registered office

Suite 1 Majestic Building
Meadow Lane
Dewsbury
West Yorkshire
WF13 2BE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last: 2025-06-15

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

PATEL, Ismail Asif
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-06-16
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Active
PATEL, Mujtaba
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-06-16
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Active
ZAMAN, Adam
director · ~32y · appointed 2023-06-16
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-09-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-06-16