ASGHARALI LTD

🌱Startupactive
15899262 · ltd · incorporated 2024-08-15
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: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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 (54/100)

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
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
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-05-15
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2024-10-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-08-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASGHARALI LTD
  5. 2024-08-15
    ASGHAR, Umair appointed
    director
  6. 2024-08-15
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ASGHAR" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Young company: Only 1.9 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: 2026-05-15

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Umair Asghar
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 01/1997 · age 29
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control15/08/2024

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
Incorporated2024-08-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

22 Lindley Street 22 Lindley Street
Cobbridge
Stoke On Trent
United Kingdom
ST6 2DW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-15OVERDUE
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last: 2025-08-14

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

ASGHAR, Umair
director · ~29y · appointed 2024-08-15
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Recent filings (5 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-26
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-08-15