THE ALI BUSINESS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC676989 · ltd · incorporated 2020-10-07
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£121.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £121,237
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£121k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£97k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £392.8k | £174.0k |
| Current assets | £97.3k | £82.0k |
| Net assets | £121.2k | £95.2k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-03-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2023-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-10-07🏢Company incorporatedAs THE ALI BUSINESS LTD
- 2020-10-07➕IRTIZA, Ali appointeddirector
- 2020-10-07➕JAVED, Muhammad Ali appointeddirector
- 2020-10-07📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Muhammad Ali Javed Individual · British · DOB 10/1993 · age 33 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 07/10/2020 |
Mr Ali Irtiza Individual · British · DOB 03/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 07/10/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| THREE BROTHERS GLA LIMITED→ SC712512 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| THREE OF CUPS COFFEE LTD→ SC770770 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-10-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC56102 — Unlicenced restaurants and cafes
Registered office
1093 Argyle Street
Glasgow
G3 8ND
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
Active
JAVED, Muhammad Ali→
Activedirector · ~33y · appointed 2020-10-07
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 27/03/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (17 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-08