AIB (K) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02223662 · ltd · incorporated 1988-02-23
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 24.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£400
book net assets
Opportunity
60/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 99999SIC 99999
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 60/100 (worth a look), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
12 officers (2 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
129 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
60/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
48
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £400

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£400
~ YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£80£160£240£320£400Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£400£400
Debtors£400£400
Net assets£400£400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
9
filings
  • 4 officers
  • 2 address
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
9
filings
  • 4 officers
  • 2 address
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-04-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-04-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2026-04-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2026-04-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2026-04-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2026-04-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2026-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2026-04-01
    CALLANDER, Alistair Alexander appointed
    director
  10. 2026-04-01
    PHILLIPS, Stuart Duncan appointed
    director
  11. 2026-04-01
    FARROW, Stephen resigned
    secretary
  12. 2026-04-01
    HENDERSON, Joseph Edgar resigned
    director
  13. 2026-02-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2025-09-04
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  15. 2025-09-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  16. 2025-08-21
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  17. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2023-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2021-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-12-10
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  23. 2020-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2020-01-29
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  25. 2002-07-31
    GIBSON, John Frederick resigned
    director
  26. 2002-07-31
    KETTLEWELL, Graham Barry resigned
    director
  27. 2002-07-31
    PORTER, Jennifer Mary resigned
    director
  28. 2002-07-31
    PRESTON, Steven resigned
    director
  29. 2002-07-31
    WRIGHT, Michael Charles resigned
    director
  30. 2002-05-02
    FARROW, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  31. 2002-05-02
    PORTER, Jennifer Mary resigned
    secretary
  32. 2002-05-01
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  33. 2000-02-25
    WILSON, Paul resigned
    director
  34. 2000-02-01
    GIBSON, John Frederick appointed
    director
  35. 2000-02-01
    KETTLEWELL, Graham Barry appointed
    director
  36. 2000-02-01
    PORTER, Jennifer Mary appointed
    director
  37. 2000-02-01
    PRESTON, Steven appointed
    director
  38. 2000-02-01
    WILSON, Paul appointed
    director
  39. 2000-02-01
    WRIGHT, Michael Charles appointed
    director
  40. 1996-11-28
    FLETCHER, Andrew Richard resigned
    secretary
  41. 1995-06-30
    PORTER, Jennifer Mary appointed
    secretary
  42. 1988-02-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AIB (K) LIMITED

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high · 2 med · 1 low
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-10

2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: FARROW, Stephen resigned 2026-04-01; HENDERSON, Joseph Edgar resigned 2026-04-01

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-08-21: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

Advice Champion.Co.Uk Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Advice Champion.Co.Uk Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
AIB (K) LIMITED
This company · 02223662

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
Advice Champion.Co.Uk Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/04/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Joseph Edgar Hendersonceased 01/04/2026· 75-100% shares

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Registered office

No.2 The Bourse
Leeds
LS1 5DE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-10OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-26

Officers (2 active · 10 resigned)

CALLANDER, Alistair Alexander
director · ~52y · appointed 2026-04-01
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Active
PHILLIPS, Stuart Duncan
director · ~49y · appointed 2026-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FARROW, Stephen
secretary · appointed 2002-05-02 · resigned 2026-04-01
Resigned
FLETCHER, Andrew Richard
secretary · resigned 1996-11-28
Resigned
PORTER, Jennifer Mary
secretary · appointed 1995-06-30 · resigned 2002-05-02
Resigned
GIBSON, John Frederick
director · ~89y · appointed 2000-02-01 · resigned 2002-07-31
Resigned
HENDERSON, Joseph Edgar
director · ~75y · resigned 2026-04-01
Resigned
KETTLEWELL, Graham Barry
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-02-01 · resigned 2002-07-31
Resigned
PORTER, Jennifer Mary
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-02-01 · resigned 2002-07-31
Resigned
PRESTON, Steven
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-02-01 · resigned 2002-07-31
Resigned
WILSON, Paul
director · ~58y · appointed 2000-02-01 · resigned 2000-02-25
Resigned
WRIGHT, Michael Charles
director · ~59y · appointed 2000-02-01 · resigned 2002-07-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property01/05/200204/09/2025

Recent filings (129 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-09-04
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26