AERCO (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03174085 · ltd · incorporated 1996-03-18
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 13.5y 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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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of distribution holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
6 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.5y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.
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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (2 active, 15 linked, 11 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
150 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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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
3
filings
- • 1 incorporation
- • 1 resolution
- • 1 capital
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 incorporation
- • 1 resolution
- • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-04📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2026-06-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-04-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-27📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-02-24📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-02-24📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2024-07-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charles-court-order-extend-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-04-23🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2024-03-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-25🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2023-05-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-05-05🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2022-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-08📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2021-10-08📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2021-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-20📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2021-09-20📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2021-08-10📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2021-06-30➖WHITE, Paul Leslie James resignedsecretary
- 2021-06-30➖WHITE, Paul Leslie James resigneddirector
- 2020-04-29🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2016-03-31➖LAUGHTON, Harry Charles resigneddirector
- 2016-03-31➖STEPHENS, Anthony John resigneddirector
- 2016-03-31➖STILL, Nicola Anne resigneddirector
- 2014-07-18🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2014-03-26➕LAUGHTON, Harry Charles appointeddirector
- 2013-09-08➖LAUGHTON, William Benjamin resigneddirector
- 2013-01-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2012-07-01➕AYRES, Fiona Georgina appointeddirector
- 2012-07-01➕STEPHENS, Anthony John appointeddirector
- 2010-03-31➕STILL, Nicola Anne appointeddirector
- 2010-03-31➕WHITE, Paul Leslie James appointeddirector
- 2002-10-15➖LAUGHTON, Robert resignedsecretary
- 2002-10-15➕WHITE, Paul Leslie James appointedsecretary
- 1999-05-31➖GRIFFITHS, Michael John resigneddirector
- 1998-06-30➕LAUGHTON, Robert appointedsecretary
- 1998-06-30➖WARD, Paul Derek resignedsecretary
- 1998-06-30➖WARD, Paul Derek resigneddirector
- 1996-03-18🏢Company incorporatedAs AERCO (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
- 1996-03-18➕LAUGHTON, Robert appointeddirector
- 1996-03-18➕DWYER, Daniel John appointednominee-secretary
- 1996-03-18➖DWYER, Daniel John resignednominee-secretary
- 1996-03-18➕WARD, Paul Derek appointedsecretary
- 1996-03-18➕DOYLE, Betty June appointednominee-director
- 1996-03-18➖DOYLE, Betty June resignednominee-director
Showing most recent 50 of 55 events
Owner dependency
83/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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 low6 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Robert Laughton Individual · British · DOB 09/1950 · age 76 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Fiona Georgina Ayres Individual · British · DOB 07/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr John James Mortenceased 31/12/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-03-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64204 — Activities of distribution holding companies
Registered office
Units 16-17
Lawson Hunt Industrial Park
Broadbridge Heath Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 3JR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19
Officers (2 active · 13 resigned)
AYRES, Fiona Georgina→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2012-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LAUGHTON, Robert→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 1996-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DWYER, Daniel John→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1996-03-18 · resigned 1996-03-18
LAUGHTON, Robert→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-06-30 · resigned 2002-10-15
WARD, Paul Derek→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1996-03-18 · resigned 1998-06-30
WHITE, Paul Leslie James→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-10-15 · resigned 2021-06-30
DOYLE, Betty June→
Resignednominee-director · ~90y · appointed 1996-03-18 · resigned 1996-03-18
DWYER, Daniel John→
Resignednominee-director · ~85y · appointed 1996-03-18 · resigned 1996-03-18
GRIFFITHS, Michael John→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · appointed 1996-03-18 · resigned 1999-05-31
LAUGHTON, Harry Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~35y · appointed 2014-03-26 · resigned 2016-03-31
LAUGHTON, William Benjamin→
Resigneddirector · ~101y · appointed 1996-03-18 · resigned 2013-09-08
STEPHENS, Anthony John→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2012-07-01 · resigned 2016-03-31
STILL, Nicola Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2010-03-31 · resigned 2016-03-31
WARD, Paul Derek→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 1996-03-18 · resigned 1998-06-30
WHITE, Paul Leslie James→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2010-03-31 · resigned 2021-06-30
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Mortgages & charges
6
Total charges
6
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/04/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/05/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/05/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 29/04/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/07/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | An omnibus guarantee and set-off agreement | 1 property | 02/01/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (150 total)
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-06-04
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-06-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-02-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-24
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-02-24
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charles-court-order-extend-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-08-22