AALPHA GROUP LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
15577684 · ltd · incorporated 2024-03-19
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-12.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £12,245
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£12k
Current Assets
£30k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £-12.2k |
| Current assets | £30.1k |
| Net assets | £-12.2k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-21➕SUBRAMANIAN, Arul appointeddirector
- 2025-01-21➖PILLAI, Senthil Kumar resigneddirector
- 2025-01-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-01-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-01-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-03-19🏢Company incorporatedAs AALPHA GROUP LIMITED
- 2024-03-19➕DHARMARAJ, Rajappa appointeddirector
- 2024-03-19➕PILLAI, Senthil Kumar appointeddirector
- 2024-03-19📄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 2.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rajappa Dharmaraj Individual · British · DOB 12/1977 · age 49 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 19/03/2024 |
Mr Arul Subramanian Individual · British · DOB 12/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 21/01/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Senthil Kumar Pillaiceased 21/01/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Registered office
111 Onslow Road
Croydon
CR0 3NZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
DHARMARAJ, Rajappa→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2024-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SUBRAMANIAN, Arul→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2025-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PILLAI, Senthil Kumar→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2024-03-19 · resigned 2025-01-21
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Recent filings (8 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-03-19