AA POSTAL SERVICES LTD

🌱Startupactive
15753365 · ltd · incorporated 2024-05-31
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
year to May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 53100Postal activities under universal service obligation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (69/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
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.

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-21
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-05-21
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-05-21
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2024-05-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AA POSTAL SERVICES LTD
  6. 2024-05-31
    AYSAL, Hakan appointed
    director
  7. 2024-05-31
    📄
    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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sofia Akhtar
Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/02/2025
Mr Hakan Aysal
Individual · British · DOB 03/2000 · age 26
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/05/2024

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
Incorporated2024-05-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

119 Brooklands Avenue
Sidcup
DA15 7PF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-13
Last: 2025-05-30

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

AYSAL, Hakan
director · ~26y · appointed 2024-05-31
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Recent filings (6 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-21
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-05-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-05-31