AERCO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00572109 · ltd · incorporated 1956-09-28

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 37.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46520

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 37.2y

60/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 37.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (5 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

134 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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 £895,374

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£895.4k	£810.9k
Average employees	63	5700

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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SILVA, Helene Rebecca appointed
director
2025-12-18
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officers · AP01
2025-12-01
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accounts · AA
2025-10-31
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officers · CH01
2024-06-21
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accounts · AA
2023-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
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accounts · AA
2021-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-03
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officers · TM01
2021-07-12
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officers · TM02
2021-06-30
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WHITE, Paul Leslie James resigned
secretary
2021-06-30
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WHITE, Paul Leslie James resigned
director
2021-03-03
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officers · TM01
2021-03-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-28
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HORTON, John Philip resigned
director
2021-02-28
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STEPHENS, Anthony John resigned
director
2020-08-07
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accounts · AA
2019-11-08
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accounts · AA
2019-09-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-09-16
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change-of-constitution · CC04
2019-09-10
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officers · TM01
2019-08-30
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BANDY, Paul resigned
director
2019-05-07
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auditors · AUD
2018-12-03
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accounts · AA
2016-01-01
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BANDY, Paul appointed
director
2016-01-01
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HORTON, John Philip appointed
director
2014-03-26
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LAUGHTON, Harry Charles appointed
director
2013-09-08
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LAUGHTON, William Benjamin resigned
director
2013-01-02
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2012-07-01
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AYRES, Fiona Georgina appointed
director
2012-07-01
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STEPHENS, Anthony John appointed
director
2010-03-31
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STILL, Nicola Anne appointed
director
2010-03-31
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WHITE, Paul Leslie James appointed
director
2002-10-15
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LAUGHTON, Robert resigned
secretary
2002-10-15
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WHITE, Paul Leslie James appointed
secretary
2002-01-17
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
1999-05-31
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GRIFFITHS, Michael John resigned
director
1998-06-30
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LAUGHTON, Robert appointed
secretary
1998-06-30
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WARD, Paul Derek resigned
secretary
1998-06-30
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WARD, Paul Derek resigned
director
1996-01-12
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Charge satisfied #1
1995-04-03
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GRIFFITHS, Michael John appointed
director
1993-08-01
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LAUGHTON, Robert appointed
director
1989-03-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1956-09-28
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Company incorporated
As AERCO LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+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

80/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

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

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Aerco (Holdings) Limited

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

ultimate parent

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AERCO LIMITED

This company · 00572109

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
Aerco (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1956-09-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520

Registered office

Unit 16/17 Lawson Hunt Ind Park

Broadbridge Heath

Horsham

West Sussex

RH12 3JR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-08

Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (5 active · 10 resigned)

AYRES, Fiona Georgina→

director · ~69y · appointed 2012-07-01

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Active

LAUGHTON, Harry Charles→

director · ~35y · appointed 2014-03-26

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Active

LAUGHTON, Robert→

director · ~76y · appointed 1993-08-01

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Active

SILVA, Helene Rebecca→

director · ~59y · appointed 2025-12-18

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Active

STILL, Nicola Anne→

director · ~52y · appointed 2010-03-31

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Active

LAUGHTON, Robert→

secretary · appointed 1998-06-30 · resigned 2002-10-15

Resigned

WARD, Paul Derek→

secretary · resigned 1998-06-30

Resigned

WHITE, Paul Leslie James→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-15 · resigned 2021-06-30

Resigned

BANDY, Paul→

director · ~66y · appointed 2016-01-01 · resigned 2019-08-30

Resigned

GRIFFITHS, Michael John→

director · ~87y · appointed 1995-04-03 · resigned 1999-05-31

Resigned

HORTON, John Philip→

director · ~58y · appointed 2016-01-01 · resigned 2021-02-28

Resigned

LAUGHTON, William Benjamin→

director · ~101y · resigned 2013-09-08

Resigned

STEPHENS, Anthony John→

director · ~49y · appointed 2012-07-01 · resigned 2021-02-28

Resigned

WARD, Paul Derek→

director · ~68y · resigned 1998-06-30

Resigned

WHITE, Paul Leslie James→

director · ~63y · appointed 2010-03-31 · resigned 2021-06-30

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	An omnibus guarantee and set-off agreement	1 property	02/01/2013	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Debenture deed	1 property	17/01/2002	—
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Mortgage debenture	1 property	01/03/1989	12/01/1996

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Recent filings (134 total)

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officers · AP01

2025-12-18

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accounts · AA

2025-12-01