A&G QS LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC474730 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-08
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
36 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 miscellaneous
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 miscellaneous
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 miscellaneous
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-17📄legacymiscellaneous · RP01PSC01
- 2025-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-08-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-13✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-05-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-05-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-06-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-04-08🏢Company incorporatedAs A&G QS LTD
- 2014-04-08➕NAJAFIAN, Ali Akbar appointeddirector
- 2014-04-08➕NAJAFIAN, Gholam Reza appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Gholam Reza Najafian Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest | 03/11/2022 |
Mr Ali Akbar Najafian Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest | 03/11/2022 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Ali Akbar Najafianceased 01/05/2016· 25-50% shares
- Mr Gholam Reza Najafianceased 01/05/2016· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| A & J KHAIRA LTD→ SC813202 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| A & J TAYLOR PROPERTY LIMITED→ SC494396 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| AEP STORES LIMITED→ SC619462 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| AFFIRM PROPERTY LIMITED→ SC792223 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AG PRIME PROPERTY LTD→ SC880995 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AG PROPERTY & INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ SC476760 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-04-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate
Registered office
13 Royal Crescent
Glasgow
G3 7SL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-11
Last: 2026-03-28
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
NAJAFIAN, Ali Akbar→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2014-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NAJAFIAN, Gholam Reza→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2014-04-08
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Recent filings (36 total)
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-13