A I VAPING LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16425630 · ltd · incorporated 2025-05-02
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
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47260SIC 47260
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. 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 (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth 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
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-03-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-08-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-08-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-08-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-08-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2025-05-02
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    Company incorporated
    As A I VAPING LIMITED
  10. 2025-05-02
    UMAR, Imtiaz appointed
    director
  11. 2025-05-02
    UMAR, Sohail Ibrahim appointed
    director
  12. 2025-05-02
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    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 1.0 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 ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

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

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-15

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-05-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

460 460 St Helens Road
Bolton
BL3 3RS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-15OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

UMAR, Imtiaz
director · ~52y · appointed 2025-05-02
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UMAR, Sohail Ibrahim
director · ~41y · appointed 2025-05-02
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Recent filings (9 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-05-02