ASCNDESIGN LTD

🌱Startupactive
16500101 · ltd · incorporated 2025-06-05
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: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71112Urban planning and landscape architectural activities
  • 71129Other engineering activities
  • 74100Specialised design activities
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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

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

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
1 filing — limited history
30
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ASCNDESIGN LTD
  2. 2025-06-05
    AKRAM, Awais appointed
    secretary
  3. 2025-06-05
    MAHMOOD, Abdullah appointed
    director
  4. 2025-06-05
    MAHMOOD, Ayaz appointed
    director
  5. 2025-06-05
    📄
    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 1.1 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: 2026-06-18

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Abdullah Mahmood
Individual · British · DOB 05/1998 · age 28
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control05/06/2025
Mr Ayaz Mahmood
Individual · British · DOB 05/1998 · age 28
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control05/06/2025

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
Incorporated2025-06-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

77 Oldham Road
Springhead
Oldham
OL4 4PH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-18OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

AKRAM, Awais
secretary · appointed 2025-06-05
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Active
MAHMOOD, Abdullah
director · ~28y · appointed 2025-06-05
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Active
MAHMOOD, Ayaz
director · ~28y · appointed 2025-06-05
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Recent filings (1 total)

incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-06-05