AIW KEY CENTRE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02475170 · ltd · incorporated 1990-02-28
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 34.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 34.3y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 34.3 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: high (83/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
105 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
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £1.09M |
| Current assets | — | £815.3k |
| Cash | — | £4.9k |
| Debtors | — | £379.8k |
| Net assets | — | £1.08M |
| Average employees | 2100 | — |
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
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-03-31➖LANE, Ian David resigneddirector
- 2026-03-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-02-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-25📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-01-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-07-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-07-20➕BASS, Jonathan David Murray appointeddirector
- 2021-07-20➖BASS, Anthony Murray resigneddirector
- 2020-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-11-24➕LANE, Ian David appointeddirector
- 2006-01-10➕BASS, Mark Anthony appointeddirector
- 2005-07-14➕BASS, Mark Anthony appointedsecretary
- 2005-07-14➖THREASHER, Sharon Elizabeth resignedsecretary
- 2005-03-14🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2001-05-17🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1998-07-04🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1992-02-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1990-02-28🏢Company incorporatedAs AIW KEY CENTRE LIMITED
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
26/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BASS, Jonathan David Murray (same surname) appointed 2021-07-20. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jonathan David Murray Bass Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 28/02/2025 |
Mr Mark Anthony Bass Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 28/02/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Anthony Murray Bassceased 28/02/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47520 — Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Registered office
Unit 1 Vernon Court Aisecome Way
Weston-Super-Mare
Avon
BS22 8NA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
BASS, Mark Anthony→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-07-14
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BASS, Jonathan David Murray→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2021-07-20
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BASS, Mark Anthony→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2006-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THREASHER, Sharon Elizabeth→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2005-07-14
BASS, Anthony Murray→
Resigneddirector · ~85y · resigned 2021-07-20
LANE, Ian David→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2016-11-24 · resigned 2026-03-31
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 14/03/2005 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 17/05/2001 | — | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 18/02/1992 | 04/07/1998 |
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Recent filings (105 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07