A.A. FRANCES AND SONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01875174 · ltd · incorporated 1985-01-03
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 29.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£121.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 43290Other construction installation
- 43390Other building completion and finishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). 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 29.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 29.0 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: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 3 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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 £121,908
Cash YoY
+190%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£175k
↑ 190% YoY
Net Worth
£122k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£229k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £131.1k | £104.8k |
| Current assets | £228.5k | £266.8k |
| Cash | £174.7k | £60.2k |
| Debtors | £53.9k | £206.6k |
| Net assets | £121.9k | £87.3k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-12📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2004-07-01➕CROMPTON, Andrew Anthony Ernest appointeddirector
- 1997-06-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1997-05-10➖CROMPTON, Anthony Hyla resignedsecretary
- 1997-04-23➕CROMPTON, Frances Margaret appointedsecretary
- 1985-01-03🏢Company incorporatedAs A.A. FRANCES AND SONS LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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 Andrew Anthony Ernest Crompton Individual · British · DOB 06/1982 · age 44 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4R CONSTRUCTION LTD→ 13133823 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| 4WARD MAINTENANCE LTD→ 14611091 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 5 CROWNS GAS & PLUMBING SERVICES LTD→ 12838954 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| 5 STAR BUILDERS SERVICES LTD→ 13354753 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| 5 STARS GAS & ELECTRIC LTD→ 16240636 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 637 MANAGEMENT LTD→ 15449054 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 8 D CONCEPTS LTD→ 15597731 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| A1 DRIVEWAYS BHAM LIMITED→ 13336202 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| A1 ENERGY SERVICES LTD→ 13391790 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| A1 HOLLYWOOD ELECTRICAL LIMITED→ 06333712 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| A1 IDEAL BUILDERS LTD→ 15451668 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-01-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation
Registered office
Unit 93 Heming Road
Washford Ind Est
Redditch
Worcs
B98 0EA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
CROMPTON, Frances Margaret→
Activesecretary · appointed 1997-04-23
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CROMPTON, Andrew Anthony Ernest→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2004-07-01
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Active
Active
CROMPTON, Anthony Hyla→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1997-05-10
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 22/06/1997 | — |
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Recent filings (106 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23