AHR & SONS LTD

🌱Startupactive
15771989 · ltd · incorporated 2024-06-11
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
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
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 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
Metric2025-06-30

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
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-05-12
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2026-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-10-07
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  5. 2025-10-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-09-02
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2024-06-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AHR & SONS LTD
  8. 2024-06-11
    RAZA, Ali Hassan appointed
    director
  9. 2024-06-11
    📄
    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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ali Hassan Raza
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 11/1988 · age 38
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/06/2024

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
Incorporated2024-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

194 Chester Road
Sunderland
SR4 7HE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24
Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

RAZA, Ali Hassan
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-06-11
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Recent filings (8 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-05-13
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-08
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-05
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-09-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-06-11