AIMCLINCH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02297083 · ltd · incorporated 1988-09-15

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 35.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£341.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other accommodation

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

7 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 35.9y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 35.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

120 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £341,212

Cash YoY

+6219%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£109k

↑ 6219% YoY

Net Worth

£341k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£109k

↑ 5852% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£341.2k	£339.0k
Current assets	£108.9k	£1.8k
Cash	£108.7k	£1.7k
Debtors	£115	£108
Net assets	£341.2k	£339.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-03-17
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2024-07-15
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2023-07-07
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2022-06-06
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2021-07-28
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2020-07-02
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2019-09-24
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2018-11-28
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2018-11-28
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2018-11-28
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2017-10-09
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accounts · AA
2016-10-18
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2016-04-01
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annual-return · AR01
2016-04-01
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officers · CH01
2012-11-05
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BIRCH, Hilary Marion resigned
director
2012-11-05
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BIRCH, Nigel Charles resigned
director
2000-03-22
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Charge satisfied #5
2000-03-22
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Charge satisfied #4
2000-03-22
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Charge satisfied #3
2000-03-22
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Charge satisfied #2
2000-03-22
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Charge satisfied #1
2000-01-07
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Charge registered #7
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2000-01-07
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Charge registered #6
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1991-09-20
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Charge registered #5
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1990-09-17
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1990-08-23
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1990-08-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1990-08-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1988-09-15
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Company incorporated
As AIMCLINCH LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·

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.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Edward John Griffiths Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	07/04/2016
Mrs Alison Edith Griffiths Individual · British · DOB 10/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	07/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1988-09-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

80 Heath Road

Market Bosworth

Nuneaton

Warwickshire

CV13 0NX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-15

Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GRIFFITHS, Alison Edith→

secretary

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Active

GRIFFITHS, Alison Edith→

director · ~78y

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Active

GRIFFITHS, Edward John, Dr→

director · ~79y

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Active

BIRCH, Hilary Marion→

director · ~76y · resigned 2012-11-05

Resigned

BIRCH, Nigel Charles→

director · ~74y · resigned 2012-11-05

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal mortgage	1 property	07/01/2000	—
outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal mortgage	1 property	07/01/2000	—
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	20/09/1991	22/03/2000
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	17/09/1990	22/03/2000
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	23/08/1990	22/03/2000
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	01/08/1990	22/03/2000
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Legal charge	1 property	01/08/1990	22/03/2000

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