AL DAWOOD LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15439708 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-24
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£1.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed hospitality with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 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
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,216

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1k
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-31
Total assets£1.2k
Current assets£2.5k
Net assets£1.2k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-05-19
    SAJJAD, Ali appointed
    director
  4. 2025-05-19
    KHAN, Muhammad Dawood resigned
    director
  5. 2025-05-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-05-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-05-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2025-05-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2025-05-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2025-05-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2024-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As AL DAWOOD LIMITED
  12. 2024-01-24
    KHAN, Muhammad Dawood appointed
    director
  13. 2024-01-24
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-02

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ali Sajjad
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 08/1999 · age 27
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting19/05/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Sajjad Aliceased 19/05/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Mr Muhammad Dawood Khanceased 19/05/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

38 Quail Street
Oldham
OL4 5HD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-02OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-19

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

SAJJAD, Ali
director · ~27y · appointed 2025-05-19
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Active
KHAN, Muhammad Dawood
director · ~27y · appointed 2024-01-24 · resigned 2025-05-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-24