AA TRAVEL & MONEY EXCHANGE LTD

🌱Startupactive
15701835 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-03
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Travel agency activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 45/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (52/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  2. 2025-07-23
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-07-22
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2024-05-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AA TRAVEL & MONEY EXCHANGE LTD
  5. 2024-05-03
    KARBANI, Zainool appointed
    secretary
  6. 2024-05-03
    KARBANI, Zainool appointed
    director
  7. 2024-05-03
    📄
    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 2.0 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 ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-03

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Zainool Karbani
Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/05/2024

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
Incorporated2024-05-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79110 — Travel agency activities

Registered office

34 Scotland Road
Nelson
BB9 7UU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-02-03OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-16
Last: 2025-05-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KARBANI, Zainool
secretary · appointed 2024-05-03
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KARBANI, Zainool
director · ~47y · appointed 2024-05-03
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Recent filings (5 total)

gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-07-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-03