WAH VENTURES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI064219 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-20
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£110.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £110,942

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£111k
Net Worth
£111k
Current Assets
£133k
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-31
Total assets£129.2k
Current assets£132.8k
Cash£111.1k
Debtors£17.0k
Net assets£110.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-05-14
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    AKHTAR, Akhlaq appointed
    director
  8. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-04-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-04-27
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2016-04-20
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    AAMIR, Muhammad appointed
    director
  18. 2016-04-20
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    AAMIR, Muhammad resigned
    director
  19. 2007-05-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
  20. 2007-04-20
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    Company incorporated
    As WAH VENTURES LIMITED
  21. 2007-04-20
    ➕
    AKHTAR, Akhlaq appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-04-20
    ➕
    C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-04-20
    ➖
    C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-04-20
    ➕
    AAMIR, Muhammad appointed
    director
  25. 2007-04-20
    ➕
    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  26. 2007-04-20
    ➖
    CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Akhlaq Akhtar
Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Muhammad Aamir
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-04-20
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes

Registered office

Subway
436 Woodstock Road
Belfast
BT6 9DR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

AKHTAR, Akhlaq→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-20
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Active
AAMIR, Muhammad→
director · ~54y · appointed 2016-04-20
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Active
AKHTAR, Akhlaq→
director · ~58y · appointed 2021-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-20 · resigned 2007-04-20
Resigned
AAMIR, Muhammad→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-04-20 · resigned 2016-04-20
Resigned
CS DIRECTOR SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-04-20 · resigned 2007-04-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
NatWest Group
Ulster Bank Limited
Debenture1 property23/05/2007—
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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-23