AURORA FOIL BLOCKING & EMBOSSING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03322908 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-24

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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year to Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 18129

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	300	300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-01-25
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2019-01-29
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2018-01-11
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2017-01-20
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2016-03-07
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-09
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2015-04-13
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2015-03-02
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2014-03-03
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2012-05-01
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COOPER, Christine Joan appointed
director
1997-07-11
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COOPER, Christine Joan appointed
secretary
1997-07-03
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TOMSETT, Ronald John resigned
secretary
1997-07-03
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TOMSETT, Ronald John resigned
director
1997-02-26
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COOPER, David Stephen appointed
director
1997-02-26
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TOMSETT, Ronald John appointed
secretary
1997-02-26
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-02-26
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TOMSETT, Ronald John appointed
director
1997-02-26
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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1997-02-24
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Company incorporated
As AURORA FOIL BLOCKING & EMBOSSING LIMITED
1997-02-24
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
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1997-02-24
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Cooper Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017
Mrs Christine Joan Cooper Individual · British · DOB 11/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated1997-02-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

Firsland Studio

Henfield Road Albourne

Hassocks

West Sussex

BN6 9JJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-03

Last: 2026-02-17

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

COOPER, Christine Joan→

secretary · appointed 1997-07-11

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Active

COOPER, Christine Joan→

director · ~72y · appointed 2012-05-01

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Active

COOPER, David Stephen→

director · ~73y · appointed 1997-02-26

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Active

TOMSETT, Ronald John→

secretary · appointed 1997-02-26 · resigned 1997-07-03

Resigned

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-24 · resigned 1997-02-26

Resigned

TOMSETT, Ronald John→

director · ~72y · appointed 1997-02-26 · resigned 1997-07-03

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-02-24 · resigned 1997-02-26

Resigned

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