A.E.C. PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01803902 · ltd · incorporated 1984-03-28
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 38.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£389.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 38.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 38.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
120 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £389,498
Net assets shrinking
Down £35,798 YoY
Cash YoY
+152%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£72k
↑ 152% YoY
Net Worth
£389k
↓ 8.4% YoY
Current Assets
£112k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £393.0k | £428.8k |
| Current assets | £111.6k | £147.3k |
| Cash | £72.2k | £28.7k |
| Debtors | £39.4k | £118.6k |
| Net assets | £389.5k | £425.3k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-08📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-10-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-10-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-01-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-12-30📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-06📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-01➕COOPER, Ashley appointedsecretary
- 2018-03-01➖COOPER, Joy Christine resignedsecretary
- 2018-03-01➖COOPER, Alan Edward resigneddirector
- 2018-03-01➖COOPER, Joy Christine resigneddirector
- 2017-10-10➕CLARKE, Karen Joy appointeddirector
- 2017-10-10➕COOPER, Lander Christine appointeddirector
- 2014-04-08➕COOPER, Ashley Edward appointeddirector
- 1988-03-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1984-03-28🏢Company incorporatedAs A.E.C. PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ashley Edward Cooper Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Vikki Cooperceased 03/10/2023· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
- Mrs Joy Christine Cooperceased 01/02/2021· significant influence · trust interest
- Mr Alan Edward Cooperceased 20/01/2020· significant influence · trust interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
C/O Charnwood Accountants The Point, Granite Way
Mountsorrel
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE12 7TZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
Active
CLARKE, Karen Joy→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2017-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COOPER, Ashley Edward→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2014-04-08
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COOPER, Lander Christine→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2017-10-10
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COOPER, Joy Christine→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2018-03-01
COOPER, Alan Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · resigned 2018-03-01
COOPER, Joy Christine→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · resigned 2018-03-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 30/03/1988 | — |
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Recent filings (120 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-10-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-10-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-10