AAR SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01203916 · ltd · incorporated 1975-03-17
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 27.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 27.5y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
123 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees18001800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-07-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-06-30
    ➖
    GLAZER, Kerry Marina resigned
    director
  4. 2025-06-27
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Victoria Phillippa appointed
    director
  5. 2025-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-03-14
    ➖
    JONES, Martin John resigned
    director
  10. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-04-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2019-04-23
    ➕
    FARRELL, Maria Anne appointed
    director
  17. 2019-04-03
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  18. 2019-04-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2018-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2017-04-21
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  22. 2017-04-21
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    Charge satisfied #3
  23. 2013-01-01
    ➕
    JONES, Martin John appointed
    director
  24. 2009-12-31
    ➖
    JONES, Martin John resigned
    director
  25. 2005-08-03
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    Charge satisfied #2
  26. 2005-04-25
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  27. 1999-11-08
    ➕
    GLAZER, Kerry Marina appointed
    director
  28. 1998-12-16
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Paul Benjamin appointed
    secretary
  29. 1998-12-16
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Paul Benjamin appointed
    director
  30. 1998-12-16
    ➖
    LIFFORD, Alan James resigned
    secretary
  31. 1998-12-16
    ➖
    LIFFORD, Alan James resigned
    director
  32. 1998-12-16
    ➖
    LIFFORD, Carolyn Mary resigned
    director
  33. 1998-12-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Stock Holders(Care of Development Capital Limited)
  34. 1998-12-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  35. 1996-12-09
    ➕
    JONES, Martin John appointed
    director
  36. 1991-07-26
    ➖
    KING, Madeleine Harle resigned
    director
  37. 1975-03-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AAR SERVICES LIMITED

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

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

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Aar Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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AAR SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 01203916

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aar Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1975-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

91 Wimpole Street
London
W1G 0EF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

PHILLIPS, Paul Benjamin→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FARRELL, Maria Anne→
director · ~61y · appointed 2019-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHILLIPS, Paul Benjamin→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMPSON, Victoria Phillippa→
director · ~51y · appointed 2025-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LIFFORD, Alan James→
secretary · resigned 1998-12-16
Resigned
GLAZER, Kerry Marina→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-11-08 · resigned 2025-06-30
Resigned
JONES, Martin John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2013-01-01 · resigned 2023-03-14
Resigned
JONES, Martin John→
director · ~68y · appointed 1996-12-09 · resigned 2009-12-31
Resigned
KING, Madeleine Harle→
director · ~73y · resigned 1991-07-26
Resigned
LIFFORD, Alan James→
director · ~92y · resigned 1998-12-16
Resigned
LIFFORD, Carolyn Mary→
director · ~81y · resigned 1998-12-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Third party assignment of life policy1 property25/04/200521/04/2017
satisfied
The Stock Holders(Care of Development Capital )
The Stock Holders(Care of Development Capital Limited)
Debenture1 property16/12/199803/08/2005
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property16/12/199803/04/2019

Recent filings (123 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-15