ALBIONY LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15744671 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-27
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
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46160
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 3 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
64
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-05-18
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-05-18
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-05-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALBIONY LIMITED
  6. 2024-05-27
    SHAIK, Farooq Hussain appointed
    director
  7. 2024-05-27
    SHAIK, Salma Naqhed appointed
    director
  8. 2024-05-27
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +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

1 high · 1 low
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-06-09

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Farooq Hussain Shaik
Individual · Indian · DOB 05/1983 · age 43
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/05/2024
Mrs Salma Naqhed Shaik
Individual · Indian · DOB 08/1992 · age 34
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/05/2024

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
Incorporated2024-05-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46160 — SIC 46160

Registered office

33 Watling Street Road
Fulwood
Preston
PR2 8EA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-09OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SHAIK, Farooq Hussain
director · ~43y · appointed 2024-05-27
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Active
SHAIK, Salma Naqhed
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-05-27
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-27