ADVANCED ENGINEERING (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01388943 · ltd · incorporated 1978-09-14

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

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 29320

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

12 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 42.8y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 42.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (86/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

12 charges (12/12 with lender, 12/12 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

150 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

3 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	2025-10-31	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Average employees	—	2300	2500

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand

2026-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-20
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officers · TM01
2026-04-14
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RICHARDSON, David resigned
director
2025-05-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
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mortgage · MR01
2023-10-06
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Charge registered #12
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2023-02-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-30
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-01
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-02-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-05
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-11-05
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-11-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-11-05
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-11-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-23
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Charge registered #11
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2020-07-14
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PEDLEY, Jennifer appointed
secretary
2020-07-14
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CARTER, Natalie Anne resigned
secretary
2018-10-01
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MANN, Michael James appointed
director
2014-11-14
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STEVENS, Andrew resigned
director
2013-12-01
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PEDLEY, Jennifer appointed
director
2013-11-01
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STEVENS, Andrew appointed
director
2013-05-01
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RICHARDSON, David appointed
director
2011-11-07
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PEDLEY, Marc appointed
director
2009-10-21
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
2009-09-03
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Charge satisfied #6
2009-08-27
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WILKINSON, Lee David resigned
director
2009-02-16
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WILKINSON, Lee David appointed
director
2003-08-20
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Charge satisfied #5
2003-08-20
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Charge satisfied #4
2003-08-20
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Charge satisfied #3
2003-08-20
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Charge satisfied #2
2003-08-20
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Charge satisfied #1
2003-08-19
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CARTER, Natalie Anne appointed
secretary
2003-08-19
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PALMER, Margaret Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2003-08-19
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PALMER, Margaret Elizabeth resigned
director
2003-08-19
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PALMER, Roy Thomas resigned
director
2003-08-19
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Charge registered #9
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2003-08-19
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Charge registered #8
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2003-08-19
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Charge registered #7
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2003-08-19
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Charge registered #6
Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
2003-04-25
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PEDLEY, Yvonne appointed
director
2000-01-18
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC

Showing most recent 50 of 55 events

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 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

1 med · 1 low

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.

6 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

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

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Ae Uk Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ADVANCED ENGINEERING (UK) LIMITED

This company · 01388943

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
Ae Uk Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	05/11/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Ae Midlands Holdings Limitedceased 05/11/2021· 75-100% shares

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

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8 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

Incorporated1978-09-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC29320 — SIC 29320

Registered office

7 Victoria Road

Tamworth

B79 7HS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-15

Last: 2025-11-01