AURA-SOMA PRODUCTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02097549 · ltd · incorporated 1987-02-06
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
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 21100
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: family or management succession (50/100).
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Refinance opportunity
29 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 28.6y
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 28.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 50/100 (high).
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
29 charges (29/29 with lender, 29/29 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (5 active, 14 linked, 9 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
184 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3600 | 3700 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (86 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-19📄second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP04AP01
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-29📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-11-29📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-06-06➕BOOTH, Jessica Julie appointeddirector
- 2022-06-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-06-01➕CLEMETSON BOOTH, Lilleth Bernice appointeddirector
- 2021-10-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-09-30🔒Charge registered #31Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2021-08-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-08-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-08-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-08-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-02-18🔓Charge satisfied #21
- 2014-02-18🔓Charge satisfied #20
- 2014-02-18🔓Charge satisfied #19
- 2014-02-18🔓Charge satisfied #18
- 2014-02-18🔓Charge satisfied #17
- 2014-02-18🔓Charge satisfied #16
- 2014-02-18🔓Charge satisfied #15
- 2014-02-18🔓Charge satisfied #14
- 2009-11-13🔒Charge registered #30Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-11-13🔒Charge registered #29Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-11-13🔒Charge registered #28Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-11-13🔒Charge registered #27Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-11-13🔒Charge registered #26Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-11-13🔒Charge registered #25Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-11-13🔒Charge registered #24Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-11-13🔒Charge registered #23Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-05-22🔒Charge registered #22Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2009-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #13
- 2009-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 2009-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2009-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2009-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2009-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2009-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2009-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2009-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2009-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2009-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2009-01-28🔒Charge registered #21Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2009-01-28🔒Charge registered #20Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
Showing most recent 50 of 86 events
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BOOTH, Jessica Julie (same surname) appointed 2022-06-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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 lowCharge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
10 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Michael Booth Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC21100 — SIC 21100
Registered office
South Road
Tetford
Horncastle
Lincolnshire
LN9 6QB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26
Officers (5 active · 9 resigned)
ROBINSON, Malcolm Edmund→
Activesecretary · appointed 2000-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOOTH, Claudia Gwendoline Forster→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 1993-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOOTH, Jessica Julie→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2022-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOOTH, John Michael→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2002-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLEMETSON BOOTH, Lilleth Bernice→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2022-06-01
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CHURCH, Brian Harold→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1993-10-25
COLES, Timothy Frederick, Dr→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1993-11-30 · resigned 2000-02-20
ROBINSON, Maureen Ann→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-03-08 · resigned 2000-07-25
VALE, Christopher John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-07-14 · resigned 2000-03-07
BOOTH, Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 1991-02-01 · resigned 1999-11-03
COCKBAIN, Margaret Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~109y · resigned 1998-10-19
DICKER, Paul John→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2000-06-01 · resigned 2003-07-01
VALE, Christopher John→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 1997-03-27 · resigned 1997-04-07
WALL, Doris Victoria→
Resigneddirector · ~108y · resigned 1991-03-31
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Mortgages & charges
29
Total charges
10
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:29 of 29 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/09/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 13/11/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 13/11/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 13/11/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 13/11/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 13/11/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 13/11/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 13/11/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 13/11/2009 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 22/05/2009 | — | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 2 properties | 28/01/2009 | 18/02/2014 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 2 properties | 28/01/2009 | 18/02/2014 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 2 properties | 28/01/2009 | 18/02/2014 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 28/01/2009 | 18/02/2014 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 28/01/2009 | 18/02/2014 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 28/01/2009 | 18/02/2014 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 10/10/2007 | 18/02/2014 | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 15/08/2007 | 18/02/2014 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 20/03/2006 | 19/05/2009 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 20/03/2006 | 19/05/2009 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 02/11/2005 | 19/05/2009 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 11/03/2003 | 19/05/2009 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 14/04/1999 | 19/05/2009 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 20/01/1999 | 19/05/2009 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 20/01/1999 | 19/05/2009 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 20/01/1999 | 19/05/2009 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 03/11/1997 | 19/05/2009 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 03/11/1997 | 19/05/2009 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 03/11/1997 | 19/05/2009 |
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Recent filings (184 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-11-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-10-20