AE MIXERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00940726 · ltd · incorporated 1968-10-16
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 35.2y 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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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 35.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 35.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
117 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-03-30 |
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| Average employees | 8 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-09✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-06-09✏️change-of-name-noticechange-of-name · CONNOT
- 2025-06-02📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-04-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-04-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-04-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-31➕GROGAN, Stuart appointeddirector
- 2025-03-31➕JONES, Ian Anthony appointeddirector
- 2025-03-31➕KENNEDY, Brendan Joseph appointeddirector
- 2025-03-31➕NORRIS, David Alan appointeddirector
- 2025-03-31➖HUDSON, Andrew Warren resigneddirector
- 2025-03-31➖HUDSON, Lucy Gabriella resigneddirector
- 2025-02-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-02-27🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-02-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-02-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-20➖HUDSON, Lesley Ann resignedsecretary
- 2022-06-20📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2007-05-01➕HUDSON, Lucy Gabriella appointeddirector
- 2007-02-09➖DRING, Brenda resignedsecretary
- 2007-02-09➕HUDSON, Lesley Ann appointedsecretary
- 2007-02-09➖DRING, Barrie resigneddirector
- 2007-02-09➖DRING, Brenda resigneddirector
- 2007-02-09➕HUDSON, Andrew Warren appointeddirector
- 1991-04-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland
- 1968-10-16🏢Company incorporatedAs AE MIXERS LIMITED
Owner dependency
55/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changed 2 times
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-06-09: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-06-09: change-of-name-notice
Group structure
D C Norris & Company Ltd. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
D C Norris & Company Ltd.
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AE MIXERS LIMITED
This company · 00940726
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D C Norris & Company Ltd. Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/03/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Agl Holdings Grp Limitedceased 31/03/2025· 75-100% shares
- Mr Andrew Warren Hudsonceased 06/04/2016· significant influence
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1968-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28290 — SIC 28290
Registered office
Sand Road Industrial Estate Sand Road
Great Gransden
Sandy
Bedfordshire
SG19 3AH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03
Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)
GROGAN, Stuart→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2025-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Ian Anthony→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2025-03-31
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KENNEDY, Brendan Joseph→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2025-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NORRIS, David Alan→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2025-03-31
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DRING, Brenda→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2007-02-09
HUDSON, Lesley Ann→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-02-09 · resigned 2022-06-20
DRING, Barrie→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · resigned 2007-02-09
DRING, Brenda→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 2007-02-09
HUDSON, Andrew Warren→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2007-02-09 · resigned 2025-03-31
HUDSON, Lucy Gabriella→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2007-05-01 · resigned 2025-03-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland | Debenture | 1 property | 15/04/1991 | 27/02/2025 |
Recent filings (117 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-06-09
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2025-06-09
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-06-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-01
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-02-27