AIS EUROPE LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16448581 · ltd · incorporated 2025-05-13
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
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). 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 (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 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
74/100Strong
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-04-18
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2025-10-07
    EBTEHAJ, Kambiz, Dr appointed
    director
  4. 2025-10-07
    ABTAHI, Kian resigned
    director
  5. 2025-10-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-10-07
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-10-07
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-06-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2025-05-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AIS EUROPE LIMITED
  10. 2025-05-13
    ABTAHI, Kian appointed
    director
  11. 2025-05-13
    📄
    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 age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 1.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Donya Fararooy
Individual · British · DOB 04/2002 · age 24
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/05/2025

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
Incorporated2025-05-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

396a Woodstock Road
Wolvercote
Wolvercote
Oxford
OX2 8JW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-26
Last: 2026-05-12

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

EBTEHAJ, Kambiz, Dr
director · ~73y · appointed 2025-10-07
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Active
ABTAHI, Kian
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-05-13 · resigned 2025-10-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-28
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-05-13