APPLIED ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02357352 · ltd · incorporated 1989-03-08
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 31.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£2.78M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26511
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · oldest 31.9y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 31.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
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 £2,780,670
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£122k
Net Worth
£2.8m
Current Assets
£5.8m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.93M |
| Current assets | £5.75M |
| Cash | £122.2k |
| Debtors | £1.82M |
| Net assets | £2.78M |
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
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2026-01-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-21📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-12-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-12-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-11-20📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2025-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-02-12🔒Charge registered #4Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2024-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-02📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-03-02🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2021-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-02-01🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2018-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-02-12🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2015-02-12🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2000-09-29🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1994-07-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1989-03-08🏢Company incorporatedAs APPLIED ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Group structure
Aae Technologies Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Aae Technologies Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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APPLIED ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING LIMITED
This company · 02357352
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aae Technologies Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26511 — SIC 26511
Registered office
Radian House Lancelot Road, Beacon Park
Gorleston
Great Yarmouth
NR31 7BF
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-26
Last: 2026-01-12
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 12/02/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 01/02/2019 | 02/03/2022 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 29/09/2000 | 12/02/2015 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 22/07/1994 | 12/02/2015 |
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Recent filings (98 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-21
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-01-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-05
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-14