ABERAERON CRAFT CENTRE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03294808 · ltd · incorporated 1996-12-19
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£190.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -80% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
76 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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £190,440
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,583 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 80% YoY
Cash YoY
-80%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 80% YoY
Net Worth
£190k
↓ 2.8% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↓ 44% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£39k£78k£118k£157k£196kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£191.2k£196.8k
Current assets£24.3k£43.7k
Cash£4.7k£23.6k
Debtors£19.6k£20.1k
Net assets£190.4k£196.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    HICKMAN, Dennis Albert resigned
    director
  2. 2025-12-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-12-12
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-09-26
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  5. 2024-09-24
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  6. 2023-09-28
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  7. 2022-09-29
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  8. 2021-09-29
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  9. 2021-01-05
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  10. 2019-10-01
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  11. 2018-09-28
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  12. 2017-09-27
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  13. 2016-09-29
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  14. 2016-01-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-29
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  16. 2015-01-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-05-01
    ➕
    MATHIAS, Elizabeth Teresa appointed
    secretary
  18. 2014-05-01
    ➕
    MATHIAS, Phillip Aston Tregurtha appointed
    director
  19. 2014-04-30
    ➖
    HICKMAN, Betty resigned
    secretary
  20. 2014-04-30
    ➖
    HICKMAN, Betty resigned
    director
  21. 1997-09-25
    ➕
    HICKMAN, Dennis Albert appointed
    director
  22. 1997-09-05
    ➕
    HICKMAN, Betty appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-09-05
    ➖
    FBC NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-09-05
    ➕
    HICKMAN, Betty appointed
    director
  25. 1997-09-05
    ➖
    FBC NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  26. 1997-09-05
    ➖
    ROUTH HOLDINGS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1996-12-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABERAERON CRAFT CENTRE LIMITED
  28. 1996-12-19
    ➕
    FBC NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1996-12-19
    ➕
    FBC NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  30. 1996-12-19
    ➕
    ROUTH HOLDINGS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Phillip Aston Tregurtha Mathias
Individual · Welsh · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Dennis Albert Hickman
Individual · British · DOB 04/1934 · age 92
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1996-12-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

The Reception Office
Aberaeron Craft Centre
Aberaeron
Ceredigion
SA46 0DX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

MATHIAS, Elizabeth Teresa→
secretary · appointed 2014-05-01
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Active
MATHIAS, Phillip Aston Tregurtha→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HICKMAN, Betty→
secretary · appointed 1997-09-05 · resigned 2014-04-30
Resigned
FBC NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-12-19 · resigned 1997-09-05
Resigned
HICKMAN, Betty→
director · ~95y · appointed 1997-09-05 · resigned 2014-04-30
Resigned
HICKMAN, Dennis Albert→
director · ~92y · appointed 1997-09-25 · resigned 2025-12-12
Resigned
FBC NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1996-12-19 · resigned 1997-09-05
Resigned
ROUTH HOLDINGS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-12-19 · resigned 1997-09-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-12
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accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-22
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accounts · AA
2024-09-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10
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accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-08
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2021-01-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-17