CHOUDHRY ALI LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC617146 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-03

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.

Why now

Window closing · high confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 4 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Hygiene score: 70 → 85
· Opportunity score: 64 → 72
· Bankability: 65 → 75
· Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid

Opportunity decay

hardening · 6-months

Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.

· 4 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 4 positive signals vs 0 negative.

↑Opportunity score: 64 → 72
↑Hygiene score: 70 → 85
↑Bankability: 65 → 75
↑Filings: 23 → 25
·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31

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

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-06-27
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-06-26
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ALI, Mohammed resigned
secretary
2026-06-26
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-06-02
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-16
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-05-21
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dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-05-06
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-23
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2020-05-22
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ALI, Mohammed appointed
secretary
2020-05-22
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-05-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-05-22
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-05-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-05-21
➖
KHAN, Chaudhry Waseem resigned
director
2019-01-03
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Company incorporated
As CHOUDHRY ALI LIMITED
2019-01-03
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ALI, Choudhry Muhammad appointed
director
2019-01-03
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KHAN, Chaudhry Waseem appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Choudhry Muhammad Ali Individual · Pakistani · DOB 01/1976 · age 50	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	03/01/2019

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Chaudhry Waseem Khanceased 21/05/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2019-01-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands

Registered office

48 Langstane Place

Aberdeen

AB11 6EN

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-03

Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

ALI, Choudhry Muhammad→

director · ~50y · appointed 2019-01-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ALI, Mohammed→

secretary · appointed 2020-05-22 · resigned 2026-06-26

Resigned

KHAN, Chaudhry Waseem→

director · ~47y · appointed 2019-01-03 · resigned 2020-05-21

Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2026-06-27

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-06-26

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2026-06-26

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2026-06-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-01-29

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-08-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-15

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended

dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)

2025-05-21

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2025-05-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-01-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-05-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-10-31

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-02-17