AYKROYD & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00263547 · ltd · incorporated 1932-03-15

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£15.40M

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

14 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 76.8y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 76.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

14 charges (14/14 with lender, 14/14 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (8 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

141 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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

Positive net assets

Net assets £15,404,000

Cash YoY

+14%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£937k

↑ 14% YoY

Net Worth

£15m

↑ 11% YoY

Current Assets

£21m

↑ 18% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£16.02M	£14.26M
Current assets	£20.85M	£17.66M
Cash	£937.0k	£820.6k
Debtors	£15.33M	£12.24M
Net assets	£15.40M	£13.82M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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 (54 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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accounts · AA
2024-12-19
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accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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officers · CH01
2023-12-19
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officers · TM01
2023-12-18
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BROADHURST, Robert resigned
director
2023-12-12
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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accounts · AA
2021-10-05
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BROADHURST, Robert appointed
director
2021-10-05
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officers · AP01
2021-05-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-18
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CORNFORTH, Alan resigned
director
2021-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-02
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accounts · AA
2018-11-16
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mortgage · MR01
2018-11-14
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Charge registered #14
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2018-03-13
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officers · AP01
2018-03-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-03-12
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officers · AP01
2018-03-12
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officers · AP01
2018-02-21
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AYKROYD, Sion Sebastian appointed
director
2018-02-21
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AYKROYD-DAVIES, Ffion Elena appointed
director
2018-02-21
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AYKROYD-DUCKETT, Donna Llio appointed
director
2018-02-21
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GALDO, Stacy Haf appointed
director
2018-02-21
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ROBSON, Adam appointed
director
2018-02-21
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WILLIAMSON, Paul Terence resigned
director
2017-11-28
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Charge registered #13
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2017-10-25
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Charge satisfied #11
2011-12-24
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LONSDALE, Pauline Marie resigned
director
2011-01-12
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Charge satisfied #10
2011-01-12
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Charge satisfied #9
2011-01-12
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Charge satisfied #3
2009-07-08
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Charge satisfied #4
2009-06-08
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2008-09-17
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Charge registered #11
Lender: The Leicestershire County Council
2005-03-31
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Welsh Development Agency
2002-01-21
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Welsh Development Agency
2001-09-14
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2001-02-17
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GILBODY, Andrew Charles appointed
secretary
2001-02-17
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AYKROYD, Ida Joyce resigned
secretary
2000-05-31
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2000-05-25
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Charge satisfied #2
2000-05-25
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Charge satisfied #1
2000-01-01
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WILLIAMSON, Paul Terence appointed
director
1998-12-23
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1997-05-01
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1995-02-03
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Littlewoods Services Limited
1995-02-01
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CORNFORTH, Alan appointed
director
1995-02-01
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LONSDALE, Pauline Marie appointed
director

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Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "AYKROYD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 94 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

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.

7 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Aykroyd And Sons Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aykroyd And Sons Holdings Limited

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

ultimate parent

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AYKROYD & SONS LIMITED

This company · 00263547

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
Aykroyd And Sons Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	21/02/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr David Bryan Aykroydceased 21/02/2018· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1932-03-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46420 — Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Registered office

Unit 17 Bala Enterprise Park

Bala

Gwynedd

LL23 7NJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-24

Last: 2025-08-10