AFT INVESTMENTS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
SC391341 · ltd · incorporated 2011-01-11
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.9y
10/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 0.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£1
Current Assets
£1
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1 | — |
| Current assets | £1 | — |
| Net assets | £1 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-06-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Priavte Investment Club LTD
- 2024-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-28📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-04-27📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2011-01-11🏢Company incorporatedAs AFT INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2011-01-11➕SIDDIQUI, Farhaj-Uddin Ahmad appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Farhaj-Uddin Ahmad Siddiqui Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASLAMS LIMITED→ SC321332 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| ASSELIN INTERNATIONAL LP→ SL033231 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ASSISTIVE LIVING LIMITED→ SC325259 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| ASSOCIATED EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS LIMITED→ SC093013 · est 1985 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 40y | — | — |
| ASTOR LP→ SL028862 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ASTORA TRADING LP→ SL016016 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| ASTRA L.P.→ SL021105 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| ATBALSTS UK LLP→ SO305074 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| ATBARA TAXI SERVICE→ SL004602 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| ATCOM SUPPORT LP→ SL014635 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| ATELIER WEATHER LLP→ SO306374 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ATKINSON DONNELLY LLP→ SO301508 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-01-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
The Stables Unit 1
21-25 Carlton Court
Glasgow
G5 9JP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
SIDDIQUI, Farhaj-Uddin Ahmad→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2011-01-11
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Priavte Investment Club Priavte Investment Club LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/06/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (39 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-10-20