ZAK SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC520152 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-12
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.
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 50200
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 51210SIC 51210
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (73/100).

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Average employees400500

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-11-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-10-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-11-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ZAK SHIPPING AND LOGISTICS LIMITED
  17. 2015-11-12
    ➕
    KHAN, Akeel Ahmed appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Akeel Ahmed Khan
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2015-11-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200

Registered office

44 Hillfield Brae
Newton Mearns
Glasgow
G77 6GF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-21
Last: 2025-11-07

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KHAN, Akeel Ahmed→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-11-12
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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13