A3 HOMES LLP
💤Zombieactive
OC435586 · llp · incorporated 2021-02-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -95% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 4.6y
35/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Charge age ~4.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredCash draining
Cash down 95% YoY
Cash YoY
-95%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£21k
↓ 95% YoY
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
£24k
↓ 94% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-05 | 2024-04-05 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.08M | £2.20M |
| Current assets | £24.1k | £438.6k |
| Cash | £21.2k | £436.2k |
| Debtors | £3.0k | £2.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-15📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2026-02-07📄change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-dateofficers · LLCH01
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-25📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2024-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-09📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2023-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnershipmortgage · LLMR01
- 2023-10-24🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2023-03-14📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2023-01-23✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-01-23✏️change-of-name-notice-limited-liability-partnershipchange-of-name · LLNM01
- 2023-01-05📍change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · LLAD01
- 2022-11-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-16📄confirmation-statement-with-no-updatesconfirmation-statement · LLCS01
- 2022-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-15📍change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · LLAD01
- 2022-01-18📄change-account-reference-date-limited-liability-partnership-previous-shortenedaccounts · LLAA01
- 2021-11-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnershipmortgage · LLMR01
- 2021-11-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2021-02-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
- 2021-02-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnershippersons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
- 2021-02-17🏢Company incorporatedAs A3 HOMES LLP
- 2021-02-17➕AFZAL, Samina appointedllp-designated-member
- 2021-02-17➕AFZAL, Shahzad appointedllp-designated-member
- 2021-02-17➕AFZAL, Shakil appointedllp-designated-member
- 2021-02-17📄incorporation-limited-liability-partnershipincorporation · LLIN01
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Shahzad Afzal Individual · British · DOB 03/1975 · age 51 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 17/02/2021 |
Miss Samina Afzal Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 17/02/2021 |
Mr Shakil Afzal Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47 | — | 25–50% | 25-50% voting | 17/02/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2021-02-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—
Registered office
140 Coniscliffe Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 7RT
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-01
Last: 2026-02-15
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
AFZAL, Samina→
Activellp-designated-member · ~54y · appointed 2021-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
AFZAL, Shahzad→
Activellp-designated-member · ~51y · appointed 2021-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
AFZAL, Shakil→
Activellp-designated-member · ~47y · appointed 2021-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 3 properties | 24/10/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/11/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (21 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2026-02-15
change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
officers · LLCH01
2026-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR01
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-03-14
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-01-23
change-of-name-notice-limited-liability-partnership
change-of-name · LLNM01
2023-01-23
change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · LLAD01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-16