A9 GROUP LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15744370 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-26
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 May 2025
Net worth
£-984
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 87900Other residential care activities n.e.c.
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 (71/100)

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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
9 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 £984

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£984
Current Assets
£6k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£-734
Current assets£6.0k
Net assets£-984

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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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
  1. 2026-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-02-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-02-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-02-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-02-12
    KHAWAJA, Muhammad Ali resigned
    director
  7. 2024-12-20
    MUHAMMAD, Ali Khawaja appointed
    director
  8. 2024-05-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A9 GROUP LTD
  9. 2024-05-26
    KHAWAJA, Asma appointed
    director
  10. 2024-05-26
    KHAWAJA, Muhammad Ali appointed
    director
  11. 2024-05-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 2.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Asma Khawaja
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 05/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest26/05/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Muhammad Ali Khawajaceased 12/02/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2024-05-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

56 Dorrington Road
Birmingham
B42 1QS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

KHAWAJA, Asma
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-05-26
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Active
MUHAMMAD, Ali Khawaja
director · ~57y · appointed 2024-12-20
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Active
KHAWAJA, Muhammad Ali
director · ~57y · appointed 2024-05-26 · resigned 2025-02-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-05
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-26