AA TAX ASSIST LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC858187 · ltd · incorporated 2025-08-06
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
2 filings — limited history
30
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-08
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-08-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AA TAX ASSIST LTD
  3. 2025-08-06
    RANA, Asif appointed
    secretary
  4. 2025-08-06
    GURMANI, Ashfaq Rasool Khan appointed
    director
  5. 2025-08-06
    RANA, Asif appointed
    director
  6. 2025-08-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 0.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-08-08: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Asif Rana
Individual · British · DOB 11/1988 · age 38
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/08/2025
Mr Ashfaq Rasool Khan Gurmani
Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/08/2025

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
Incorporated2025-08-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

77 Headwell Avenue
Dunfermline
Fife
KY12 0JR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-06
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last:

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

RANA, Asif
secretary · appointed 2025-08-06
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Active
GURMANI, Ashfaq Rasool Khan
director · ~47y · appointed 2025-08-06
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Active
RANA, Asif
director · ~38y · appointed 2025-08-06
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Recent filings (2 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-08-08
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-08-06