AA DREAM SUBWAY LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
15189768 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-05
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 |
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| Average employees | 400 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-29📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2024-07-19➕JULFIKER, Ahsan Abu appointeddirector
- 2024-07-19📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-07-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-07-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-07➖JULFIKER, Ahsan Abu resigneddirector
- 2024-02-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-02-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-01-18✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-10-05🏢Company incorporatedAs AA DREAM SUBWAY LTD
- 2023-10-05➕SHAHID, Asan Abdul Kadir appointeddirector
- 2023-10-05➕JULFIKER, Ahsan Abu appointeddirector
- 2023-10-05📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Asan Abdul Kadir Shahid Individual · British · DOB 07/1981 · age 45 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 05/10/2023 |
Mr Ahsan Abu Julfiker Individual · British · DOB 08/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 19/07/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ahsan Abu Julfikerceased 07/02/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| 777 J CASINO LTD→ 16778841 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Registered office
1209 High Road
Romford
RM6 4AL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
JULFIKER, Ahsan Abu→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2024-07-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SHAHID, Asan Abdul Kadir→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2023-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JULFIKER, Ahsan Abu→
Resigneddirector · ~39y · appointed 2023-10-05 · resigned 2024-02-07
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 15/04/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (14 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-07
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-01-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-10-05