AL FORSAN AL ASELA FOR TRADING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15528448 · ltd · incorporated 2024-02-28
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
65/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 65/100 (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: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
65/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
    IBRAHIM, Hassan Ashraf Hassan appointed
    secretary
  2. 2025-10-30
    IBRAHIM, Hassan Ashraf Hassan appointed
    director
  3. 2025-10-30
    IBRAHIM, Ashraf Mohammed Abdou Awad resigned
    director
  4. 2025-10-30
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2025-10-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2025-10-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-10-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-10-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2025-10-30
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  10. 2025-10-28
    IBRAHIM, Ashraf Mohammed Abdou Awad appointed
    director
  11. 2025-10-28
    SZEWCZYK, Grzegorz resigned
    director
  12. 2025-10-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2025-10-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2025-10-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2025-10-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2025-10-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2024-02-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AL FORSAN AL ASELA FOR TRADING LTD
  19. 2024-02-28
    SZEWCZYK, Grzegorz appointed
    director
  20. 2024-02-28
    📄
    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

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: IBRAHIM, Ashraf Mohammed Abdou Awad resigned 2025-10-30; SZEWCZYK, Grzegorz resigned 2025-10-28

Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2025-10-30: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hassan Ashraf Hassan Ibrahim
Individual · Egyptian · DOB 01/1984 · age 42
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest30/10/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Ashraf Mohammed Abdou Awad Ibrahimceased 30/10/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Grzegorz Szewczykceased 28/10/2025· 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
Incorporated2024-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

7 Bell Yard
London
WC2A 2JR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

IBRAHIM, Hassan Ashraf Hassan
secretary · appointed 2025-10-30
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Active
IBRAHIM, Hassan Ashraf Hassan
director · ~42y · appointed 2025-10-30
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Active
IBRAHIM, Ashraf Mohammed Abdou Awad
director · ~32y · appointed 2025-10-28 · resigned 2025-10-30
Resigned
SZEWCZYK, Grzegorz
director · ~41y · appointed 2024-02-28 · resigned 2025-10-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (16 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-10-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-30
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11