AFGHAN CENTRE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15658752 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-18
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£200
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 88990Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (1 active, 3 linked, 3 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
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
85
Few red 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 £200

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£200
Current Assets
£140
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£200
Current assets£140
Net assets£200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
4
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-15
    ➖
    SIDDIQI, Hamed resigned
    director
  2. 2026-05-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-05-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-19
    ➕
    SULTANI, Yama Jan appointed
    director
  6. 2024-04-19
    ➖
    AZIZI, Abdul Majid resigned
    director
  7. 2024-04-19
    ➕
    SIDDIQI, Hamed appointed
    director
  8. 2024-04-19
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2024-04-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2024-04-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2024-04-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2024-04-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2024-04-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2024-04-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2024-04-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AFGHAN CENTRE LTD
  16. 2024-04-18
    ➕
    AZIZI, Abdul Majid appointed
    director
  17. 2024-04-18
    📄
    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 2.1 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Yama Jan Sultani
Individual · British · DOB 01/1984 · age 42
50–75%
50–75%board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest19/04/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Hamed Siddiqiceased 15/05/2026· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest
  • Mr Abdul Majid Aziziceased 19/04/2024· 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
Incorporated2024-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

5 Kempton Road
Manchester
M19 2QL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-29
Last: 2026-05-15

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

SULTANI, Yama Jan→
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-04-19
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Active
AZIZI, Abdul Majid→
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-04-18 · resigned 2024-04-19
Resigned
SIDDIQI, Hamed→
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-04-19 · resigned 2026-05-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-04-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-18