AARDMAN CHICKEN RUN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03307095 · ltd · incorporated 1997-01-24
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-21
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-02-21
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-02-15
    ➕
    CAVE, Joanna Louise appointed
    director
  8. 2024-02-15
    ➖
    LOCK, Kerry Anthony resigned
    director
  9. 2024-01-12
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-01-01
    ➖
    LORD, Peter Duncan Fraser resigned
    director
  11. 2023-08-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-10-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-01-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2019-12-30
    ➖
    SPROXTON, David Alan resigned
    secretary
  17. 2019-12-19
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-12-17
    ➕
    CLARKE, Sean Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2019-12-17
    ➕
    LOCK, Kerry Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2019-12-17
    ➖
    SPROXTON, David Alan resigned
    director
  21. 2019-12-17
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2019-12-17
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2019-10-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  24. 2019-01-09
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  25. 1997-09-12
    ➕
    PARK, Nicholas Wulstan appointed
    director
  26. 1997-02-11
    ➕
    SPROXTON, David Alan appointed
    secretary
  27. 1997-02-11
    ➖
    STAUNTON, Robin Mark resigned
    secretary
  28. 1997-02-11
    ➕
    LORD, Peter Duncan Fraser appointed
    director
  29. 1997-02-11
    ➖
    PYPER, Timothy Edward resigned
    director
  30. 1997-02-11
    ➕
    SPROXTON, David Alan appointed
    director
  31. 1997-02-11
    ➖
    STAUNTON, Robin Mark resigned
    director
  32. 1997-01-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AARDMAN CHICKEN RUN LIMITED
  33. 1997-01-24
    ➕
    STAUNTON, Robin Mark appointed
    secretary
  34. 1997-01-24
    ➕
    PYPER, Timothy Edward appointed
    director
  35. 1997-01-24
    ➕
    STAUNTON, Robin Mark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Aardman Holdings Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

🏛️
Aardman Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares · board control
majority
⬇
AARDMAN CHICKEN RUN LIMITED
This company · 03307095

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aardman Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Nicholas Wulstan Park
Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr David Alan Sproxtonceased 05/11/2018· significant influence
  • Mr Peter Duncan Fraser Lordceased 05/11/2018· significant influence

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
Incorporated1997-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

C/O Aardman Animations Limited
Gasferry Road
Bristol
BS1 6UN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

CAVE, Joanna Louise→
director · ~50y · appointed 2024-02-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARKE, Sean Michael→
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-12-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARK, Nicholas Wulstan→
director · ~68y · appointed 1997-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPROXTON, David Alan→
secretary · appointed 1997-02-11 · resigned 2019-12-30
Resigned
STAUNTON, Robin Mark→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-24 · resigned 1997-02-11
Resigned
LOCK, Kerry Anthony→
director · ~57y · appointed 2019-12-17 · resigned 2024-02-15
Resigned
LORD, Peter Duncan Fraser→
director · ~73y · appointed 1997-02-11 · resigned 2024-01-01
Resigned
PYPER, Timothy Edward→
director · ~82y · appointed 1997-01-24 · resigned 1997-02-11
Resigned
SPROXTON, David Alan→
director · ~72y · appointed 1997-02-11 · resigned 2019-12-17
Resigned
STAUNTON, Robin Mark→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-01-24 · resigned 1997-02-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-20