AAN SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC713535 · ltd · incorporated 2021-10-28
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£1.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,243

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 279% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£5kOct 2023Oct 2024

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£8.9k£12.4k
Current assets£3.0k£5.3k
Net assets£1.2k£328

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2024-12-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2021-10-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AAN SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  5. 2021-10-28
    NIXON, Adam appointed
    director
  6. 2021-10-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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 Adam Nixon
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1985 · age 41
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/10/2021

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

Similar companies

Active · Manufacturing · G postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
345 COLLECTIVE LTD
SC848248 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
4LS VENTURES LTD
SC874989 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
A CAMERON (BOOKBINDERS) LTD
SC356434 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
17y
A GREEN DENTAL LAB LTD
SC656900 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
6y
AARDMORE LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS LTD
SC787818 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
2y
AARLEEZ LTD
SC840787 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
ABBA BLINDS LIMITED
SC089820 · est 1984 · no financials extracted
41y
ABC BLINDS & CURTAINS LIMITED
SC486655 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
ABILITY ENERGYUK LIMITED
SC541115 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
9y
ABW BARRIERS & GATES LTD
SC346864 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
17y
ACU-FLOW LIMITED
SC624449 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
ADAMS LOFT LTD
SC825895 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-10-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

272 Bath Street
Glasgow
G2 4JR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

NIXON, Adam
director · ~41y · appointed 2021-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (8 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-10-28