AARDVARK EM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03473012 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-27

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£885.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 39000

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

90 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £885,130

Cash YoY

+258%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£531k

↑ 258% YoY

Net Worth

£885k

↑ 22% YoY

Current Assets

£1.5m

↑ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£887.6k	£749.9k
Current assets	£1.48M	£1.32M
Cash	£530.8k	£148.1k
Debtors	£866.3k	£933.4k
Net assets	£885.1k	£727.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-03-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-25
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JOHNN, Nicholas Stuart appointed
director
2025-05-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-28
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TAYLOR, Alan Erik Beech, Dr resigned
director
2024-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-10
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-11-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-12-01
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BOLES, Jonathan Graham Coleridge appointed
director
2020-11-13
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-02-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-11-20
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TAYLOR, Alan Erik Beech, Dr appointed
director
2018-09-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2018-08-31
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OLIE, Andrew Jonathan resigned
director
2011-09-12
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MOWAT, Magnus Charles resigned
director
2011-09-12
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STACE, John Lawrence resigned
director
2009-08-10
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LEANEY, Nicholas Charles appointed
secretary
2009-08-10
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PEARMUND, Robert Marsden resigned
secretary
2009-04-29
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BINNIE, Christopher Jon Anthony resigned
director
2008-05-01
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OLIE, Andrew Jonathan appointed
director
2005-09-06
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BINNIE, Christopher Jon Anthony appointed
director
2004-08-01
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LEANEY, Nicholas Charles appointed
director
2004-06-03
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MOWAT, Magnus Charles appointed
director
2004-06-03
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STACE, John Lawrence appointed
director
1998-01-15
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CLAYTON, Mark James Ingram appointed
director
1998-01-15
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PEARMUND, Robert Marsden appointed
secretary
1998-01-15
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-01-15
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1997-11-27
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Company incorporated
As AARDVARK EM LIMITED
1997-11-27
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-11-27
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark James Ingram Clayton Individual · British · DOB 03/1971 · age 55	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-11-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

21 21 Silver Street

Ottery St Mary

Devon

EX11 1DB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-20

Last: 2025-10-06