AL-SHAFAH LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC477828 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-16
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees6700

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-27
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2022-07-26
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2022-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-28
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2021-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2021-05-07
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    AKHTAR, Shanaz appointed
    director
  12. 2021-05-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-10-12
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  18. 2014-05-16
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    Company incorporated
    As AL-SHAFAH LTD
  19. 2014-05-16
    ➕
    IQBAL, Mohammed Parvez appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mohammed Parvez Iqbal
Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-05-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Registered office

79-81 Nicolson Street
Edinburgh
EH8 9BZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-21
Last: 2025-05-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AKHTAR, Shanaz→
director · ~64y · appointed 2021-05-07
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Active
IQBAL, Mohammed Parvez→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-05-16
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Active

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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-07-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-11
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-07