ARAL ESTATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00915706 · ltd · incorporated 1967-09-19
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
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£20
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £20
Net assets shrinking
Down £31 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£20
↓ 61% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↓ 38% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£6k£9k£11k£14kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£20£51
Current assets£8.9k£14.2k
Net assets£20£51

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-10-22
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  3. 2023-11-29
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  4. 2023-03-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-21
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  8. 2020-03-03
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
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  9. 2019-06-24
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  10. 2018-09-01
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  11. 2017-09-25
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  12. 2017-05-10
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2016-10-05
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-17
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  16. 2015-03-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2005-03-01
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    POVEY, Graham appointed
    director
  18. 2005-02-28
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    POVEY, Graham resigned
    director
  19. 2004-07-10
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    POVEY, Graham appointed
    director
  20. 1997-05-31
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    POVEY, Graham resigned
    director
  21. 1996-03-25
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    POVEY, Graham appointed
    director
  22. 1967-09-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ARAL ESTATES LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 97 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 97 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 59 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-14

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Harold Povey
Individual · British · DOB 09/1929 · age 97
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1967-09-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

8 Castle Meadow
Painscastle
Builth Wells
Powys
LD2 3JZ
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-14OVERDUE
Last: 2025-02-28

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

POVEY, Rylma Mavis→
secretary
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Active
POVEY, Graham→
director · ~53y · appointed 2005-03-01
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Active
POVEY, Harold→
director · ~97y
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Active
POVEY, Rylma Mavis→
director · ~83y
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Active
POVEY, Graham→
director · ~53y · appointed 2004-07-10 · resigned 2005-02-28
Resigned
POVEY, Graham→
director · ~53y · appointed 1996-03-25 · resigned 1997-05-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (107 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-03
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2020-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-24