ALI & SONS (SOUTHSIDE) LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC733342 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-23

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

Why now

Window closing · medium confidence

Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.

· Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → ready

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 3.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → ready

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company 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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.0y

75/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Charge age ~3.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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

11 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	600	700

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand

2025-09-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-22
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charles-court-order-extend-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-10-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-16
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WASEEM, Afzah appointed
director
2023-05-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2022-08-01
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-05-23
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Company incorporated
As ALI & SONS (SOUTHSIDE) LIMITED
2022-05-23
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WASEEM, Muhammad Imran appointed
director
2022-05-23
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100

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.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mr Muhammad Imran Waseem Individual · British · DOB 11/1977 · age 49	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	23/05/2022

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

Incorporated2022-05-23

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating

Registered office

C/O Askari & Co Limited

162 Darnley Street

Glasgow

Scotland

G41 2LL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-05

Last: 2025-05-22

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WASEEM, Afzah→

director · ~46y · appointed 2023-10-16

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Active

WASEEM, Muhammad Imran→

director · ~49y · appointed 2022-05-23

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	A registered charge	1 property	25/05/2023	—

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Recent filings (11 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-19

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-29

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-05-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-29

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charles-court-order-extend-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2024-01-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-10-26

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-10-19

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-26

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended

accounts · AA01

2022-08-01

incorporation-company

incorporation · NEWINC

2022-05-23