A.E.HORDER(CONTRACTING)LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00858778 · ltd · incorporated 1965-09-13
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 42.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£421.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 42.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 42.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £421,150
Cash YoY
+52%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£359k
↑ 52% YoY
Net Worth
£421k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£710k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £536.4k | £397.9k |
| Current assets | £710.0k | £536.1k |
| Cash | £358.8k | £236.4k |
| Debtors | £351.2k | £299.7k |
| Net assets | £421.1k | £340.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-11➖WILLIAMS, Graham Paget resigneddirector
- 2024-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-04-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-04-21📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-04-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-04-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 1998-08-31➕WILLIAMS, Mark Edward appointedsecretary
- 1998-08-31➖WILLIAMS, Gillian Elizabeth resignedsecretary
- 1993-07-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1984-05-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1965-09-13🏢Company incorporatedAs A.E.HORDER(CONTRACTING)LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Mark Edward Williams Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Richard Spencer Williams Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1965-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation
Registered office
1 Merton Road
Bristol
BS7 8TL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-02
Last: 2026-04-18
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
WILLIAMS, Mark Edward→
Activesecretary · appointed 1998-08-31
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Active
Active
WILLIAMS, Gillian Elizabeth→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1998-08-31
WILLIAMS, Graham Paget→
Resigneddirector · ~100y · resigned 2025-03-11
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Single debenture | 1 property | 30/07/1993 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Single debenture | 1 property | 23/05/1984 | — |
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Recent filings (110 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-21