A.E.SPINK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00214637 · ltd · incorporated 1926-06-25

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

£63.08M

year to Nov 2023

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46730

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46740SIC 46740

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 38.9y

45/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 38.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)

Directors & officers

21 officers (6 active, 21 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

176 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £4,417,176

Key financials

1 year 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	2023-11-30
Turnover	£63.08M
Gross profit	£16.05M
Operating profit	£4.11M
Profit before tax	£4.42M
Average employees	16300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (63 events)Click to expand

2025-07-30
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2024-09-18
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2024-09-18
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2024-08-23
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accounts · AA
2024-08-12
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HARRISON, Matthew Ian resigned
director
2023-08-25
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accounts · AA
2022-10-24
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2022-08-08
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IRWIN, Paul Liam appointed
director
2022-07-01
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2021-08-31
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2021-08-07
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2018-07-16
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Charge satisfied #7
2018-07-16
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Charge satisfied #6
2018-07-16
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Charge satisfied #5
2018-07-16
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Charge satisfied #4
2018-07-16
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Charge satisfied #3
2018-07-09
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2018-04-01
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BILTCLIFFE, Simon James appointed
director
2018-04-01
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MEEK, Christopher James appointed
director
2018-02-07
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LUNN, Michael Graham resigned
director
2015-11-30
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HARRISON, Andrew Nigel resigned
director
2014-09-25
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HARRISON, Andrew Nigel appointed
director
2012-12-01
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HARRISON, Pamela appointed
director
2012-11-30
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HARRISON, Brian Martin resigned
director
2012-04-30
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PRICE, James Arthur resigned
director
2009-12-01
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DILLON, Andrew resigned
director
2009-03-16
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LUNN, Michael Graham appointed
director
2008-11-14
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HARRISON, Nicholas Martin appointed
secretary
2008-11-14
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OAKLEY, Mark Andrew resigned
secretary
2008-11-14
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OAKLEY, Mark Andrew resigned
director
2008-01-02
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DILLON, Andrew appointed
director
2007-11-05
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COPLEY, Robert resigned
director
2007-04-10
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COPLEY, Robert appointed
director
2005-07-31
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HARRISON, Evelyn resigned
director
2003-05-16
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HARRISON, Nicholas Martin resigned
secretary
2003-05-16
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OAKLEY, Mark Andrew appointed
secretary
2002-09-04
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OAKLEY, Mark Andrew appointed
director
2001-07-06
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MANNION, Michael resigned
director
1998-07-13
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HARRISON, Brian Martin resigned
secretary

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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 100 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

A.E. Spink (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A.E. Spink (Holdings) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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A.E.SPINK LIMITED

This company · 00214637

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
A.E. Spink (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	12/08/2024

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Judith Sarah Harrisonceased 12/08/2024· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · trust interest
Mrs Pamela Harrisonceased 12/08/2024· 25-50% shares
Mr Nicholas Martin Harrisonceased 12/08/2024· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · significant influence · trust interest
Mr Matthew Ian Harrisonceased 12/08/2024· 25-50% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1926-06-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46730 — SIC 46730

Registered office

A E Spink Ltd

Kelham Street

Doncaster

South Yorkshire

DN1 3RA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-15

Last: 2025-08-01