AFRO UNITED SUPERMARKET LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16617321 · ltd · incorporated 2025-07-30
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
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (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 (58/100).

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 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
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • 3 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-04-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-04-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-04-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-04-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2026-04-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2026-04-02
    ARIF, Mudaser appointed
    director
  8. 2026-04-01
    AHMEDI, Faraaz resigned
    director
  9. 2026-04-01
    NAVABI, Inaam Ahmad resigned
    director
  10. 2025-07-30
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    Company incorporated
    As AFRO UNITED SUPERMARKET LIMITED
  11. 2025-07-30
    AHMEDI, Faraaz appointed
    director
  12. 2025-07-30
    NAVABI, Inaam Ahmad appointed
    director
  13. 2025-07-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 1.0 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 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: AHMEDI, Faraaz resigned 2026-04-01; NAVABI, Inaam Ahmad resigned 2026-04-01

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mudaser Arif
Individual · British · DOB 07/1995 · age 31
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · trust interest · firm interest02/04/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Faraaz Ahmediceased 01/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Inaam Ahmad Navabiceased 01/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2025-07-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

61a Crowther Street
Wolverhampton
WV10 9AG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

ARIF, Mudaser
director · ~31y · appointed 2026-04-02
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Active
AHMEDI, Faraaz
director · ~20y · appointed 2025-07-30 · resigned 2026-04-01
Resigned
NAVABI, Inaam Ahmad
director · ~22y · appointed 2025-07-30 · resigned 2026-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-07-30