A.E.T. ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01155036 · ltd · incorporated 1974-01-04

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 44.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 29320

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

45310SIC 45310

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 44.2y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 44.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	14	1500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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 (36 events)Click to expand

2025-11-04
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accounts · AA
2025-09-11
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-03-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-07
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officers · TM01
2024-12-14
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TAYLOR, Anthony Edmund resigned
director
2024-11-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
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officers · AP01
2024-09-13
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TAYLOR, Anthony Edmund appointed
director
2023-11-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-03
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capital · SH08
2023-04-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-01
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PADGETT, Lee appointed
director
2022-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-10-06
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-10-06
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Charge satisfied #2
2021-10-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-06-08
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-05-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-01
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CLARE, Shaun Richard appointed
director
2020-04-01
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SYKES, Emma Catherine appointed
director
2006-03-31
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TAYLOR, Brian resigned
director
2005-09-01
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SYKES, Emma Catherine appointed
secretary
2005-08-31
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CRITCHLEY, David Watson resigned
secretary
2005-08-31
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CRITCHLEY, David Watson resigned
director
2004-02-29
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TAYLOR, Glennys Dianne resigned
director
2002-04-01
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TAYLOR, Andrew Edmund appointed
director
2001-04-01
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TAYLOR, Anthony Edmund resigned
director
1986-10-31
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1982-03-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank Limited
1974-01-04
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Company incorporated
As A.E.T. ENGINEERING LIMITED

Owner dependency

50/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some 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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 52 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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

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

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Aet Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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A.E.T. ENGINEERING LIMITED

This company · 01155036

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Aet Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Edmund Taylor Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	27/09/2024
Mrs Emma Catherine Sykes Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	27/09/2024

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Anthony Edmund Taylorceased 27/09/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest

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

Incorporated1974-01-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC29320 — SIC 29320

Registered office

Unit 14 Beckbridge Road

Normanton Industrial Estate

Normanton

West Yorkshire

WF6 1TE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-19

Last: 2025-11-05