A3 BRANDS LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC558057 · ltd · incorporated 2017-02-17
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
£6.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Real estate agencies
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,655
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£7k
↑ 84% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£2k£5k£7k£10k£12kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£7.7k£3.6k
Current assets£12.4k
Net assets£6.7k£3.6k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-01
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    address · AD01
  4. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2021-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-09-24
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    capital · SH01
  9. 2021-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-09
    REHMAN, Suhail resigned
    director
  11. 2020-09-09
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-09-09
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  13. 2020-09-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2019-11-28
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-09-10
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  17. 2019-08-21
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  18. 2019-08-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2019-08-19
    REHMAN, Suhail appointed
    director
  20. 2017-02-17
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    Company incorporated
    As A3 BRANDS LTD
  21. 2017-02-17
    ASGHAR, Adeel appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Adeel Asghar
Individual · British · DOB 11/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting17/02/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Suhail Rehmanceased 09/09/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2017-02-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

Airhub, Pavilion 4 Marchburn Drive
Abbotsinch
Paisley
PA3 2SJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-27
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ASGHAR, Adeel
director · ~46y · appointed 2017-02-17
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Active
REHMAN, Suhail
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-08-19 · resigned 2020-09-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-23