AKAY CARS LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16188652 · ltd · incorporated 2025-01-16
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
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (52/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-27
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-05-26
    KHAN, Mohammed Ali appointed
    secretary
  3. 2025-05-26
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  4. 2025-01-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AKAY CARS LIMITED
  5. 2025-01-16
    KHAN, Abad Hussain appointed
    director
  6. 2025-01-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-05-27: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Abad Hussain Khan
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/01/2025

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
Incorporated2025-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

3 Castle Street
Wallingford
OX10 8DL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KHAN, Mohammed Ali
secretary · appointed 2025-05-26
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Active
KHAN, Abad Hussain
director · ~60y · appointed 2025-01-16
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Active

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-05-27
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-05-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-01-16