AJ'S PIZZA AND PASTA LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC500899 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-19

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

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£15.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

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

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 £15,187

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£15k

↑ 46% YoY

Current Assets

£62k

↑ 89% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£74.8k	£67.9k
Current assets	£61.9k	£32.8k
Net assets	£15.2k	£10.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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accounts · AA
2024-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
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officers · AP01
2022-08-01
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DZHALILOV, Akmal appointed
director
2022-06-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-26
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officers · AP03
2022-03-25
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DZHALILOV, Akmal appointed
secretary
2021-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-17
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officers · AP01
2020-08-01
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DZHALILOV, Alexander appointed
director
2019-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-22
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accounts · AA
2016-07-27
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accounts · AA
2016-03-21
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-20
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DZHALILOV, Rasul, Dr. appointed
director
2015-03-20
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DZHALILOVA, Saodat appointed
director
2015-03-20
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DZHALILOV, Alexander resigned
director
2015-03-20
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officers · TM01
2015-03-19
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Company incorporated
As AJ'S PIZZA AND PASTA LTD
2015-03-19
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DZHALILOV, Alexander appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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
Mrs Saodat Dzhalilova Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2015-03-19

Jurisdictionscotland

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

Registered office

3 Chris Mennie Walk

Portlethen

Aberdeen

AB12 4PR

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last: 2026-03-12