AKRAM CONSULTING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC313015 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-05

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£1.34M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 (77/100)

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

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,340,551

Net assets shrinking

Down £154,937 YoY

Cash YoY

-10%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.4m

↓ 10% YoY

Net Worth

£1.3m

↓ 10% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£1.34M	£1.50M
Cash	£1.35M	£1.51M
Net assets	£1.34M	£1.50M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-02-10
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2023-03-29
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accounts · AA
2022-03-30
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accounts · AA
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officers · CH01
2021-06-18
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officers · CH03
2021-06-18
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2021-06-18
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2020-08-31
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accounts · AA01
2019-09-24
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2018-09-28
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2017-09-29
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2016-09-28
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2015-12-30
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2009-12-31
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AKRAM, Farooq appointed
secretary
2009-12-31
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YAQOOB, Sabra resigned
secretary
2006-12-05
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Company incorporated
As AKRAM CONSULTING LIMITED
2006-12-05
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AKRAM, Farooq appointed
director
2006-12-05
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YAQOOB, Sabra appointed
secretary
2006-12-05
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-12-05
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2006-12-05
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-12-05
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "AKRAM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

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 Farooq Akram Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59	—	—	board controlboard control	05/12/2016

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

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-12-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

89 Seaward Street

Glasgow

G41 1HJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-19

Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

AKRAM, Farooq→

secretary · appointed 2009-12-31

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Active

AKRAM, Farooq→

director · ~59y · appointed 2006-12-05

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Active

YAQOOB, Sabra→

secretary · appointed 2006-12-05 · resigned 2009-12-31

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-12-05 · resigned 2006-12-05

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-12-05 · resigned 2006-12-05

Resigned

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