IMTIAZ ALI & CO. LIMITED

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SC145337 · ltd · incorporated 1993-07-08
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.52M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -47% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · oldest 30.6y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,515,981
Cash draining
Cash down 47% YoY
Cash YoY
-47%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£93k
↓ 47% YoY
Net Worth
£3.5m
↑ 5.1% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£703k£1.4m£2.1m£2.8m£3.5mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3.52M£3.35M
Current assets£1.54M£1.38M
Cash£93.5k£175.6k
Debtors£1.45M£1.20M
Net assets£3.52M£3.34M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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  2. 2025-01-15
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  3. 2024-01-22
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  4. 2023-12-22
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  5. 2023-01-16
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  6. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2021-11-24
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  8. 2021-03-17
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  9. 2021-02-25
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  10. 2019-08-14
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  11. 2018-12-04
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  12. 2018-03-06
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  13. 2018-03-06
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  14. 2017-11-24
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  15. 2016-12-22
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  16. 2004-04-22
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2002-06-11
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2000-02-17
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    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 1999-03-02
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    Charge satisfied #4
  20. 1995-11-22
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 1995-11-22
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 1995-11-22
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 1995-11-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  24. 1995-10-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 1995-07-06
    ➕
    NABI, Ghulam appointed
    secretary
  26. 1995-07-06
    ➖
    HASSAM, Alisia resigned
    secretary
  27. 1995-07-06
    ➖
    HASSAM, Alisia resigned
    director
  28. 1993-07-08
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    Company incorporated
    As IMTIAZ ALI & CO. LIMITED
  29. 1993-07-08
    ➕
    HASSAM, Itihasali appointed
    director
  30. 1993-07-08
    ➕
    HASSAM, Alisia appointed
    secretary
  31. 1993-07-08
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1993-07-08
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1993-07-08
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    HASSAM, Alisia appointed
    director
  34. 1993-07-08
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 1993-07-08
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

1 low
5 live charges
low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Itihasali Hassam
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/03/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-07-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

West End Garage
Pencaitland
Edinburgh
EH34 5DS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

NABI, Ghulam→
secretary · appointed 1995-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HASSAM, Itihasali→
director · ~75y · appointed 1993-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HASSAM, Alisia→
secretary · appointed 1993-07-08 · resigned 1995-07-06
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-07-08 · resigned 1993-07-08
Resigned
HASSAM, Alisia→
director · ~64y · appointed 1993-07-08 · resigned 1995-07-06
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-07-08 · resigned 1993-07-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

7
Total charges
5
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property22/04/2004—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property11/06/2002—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property22/11/1995—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property22/11/199502/03/1999
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property22/11/1995—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property22/11/199517/02/2000
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property23/10/1995—
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Recent filings (89 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-15
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01