AAI FAR EAST LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03592116 · ltd · incorporated 1998-07-03
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 24.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 50200
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 24.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 24.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 8 | 700 |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-02-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-04-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-04-09🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2015-04-09🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2011-08-01➕BENNETT, Paul appointeddirector
- 2011-02-04🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2003-06-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2001-08-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2001-08-01➕GOLDSMITH, Kevin Ray appointeddirector
- 1998-07-03🏢Company incorporatedAs AAI FAR EAST LIMITED
- 1998-07-03➕ORWELL, Patricia Ann appointedsecretary
- 1998-07-03➕TUCK, Peter Andrew appointeddirector
- 1998-07-03➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1998-07-03➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1998-07-03➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1998-07-03➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
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.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Kevin Ray Goldsmith Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 24/02/2026 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Kevin Ray Goldsmithceased 10/02/2026· significant influence
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 333444 LTD→ 12147311 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| 4 M.T.S. LTD→ 14269287 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 5 STAR TRANSFERS LTD→ 15507125 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 7 DAYS SERVICES LTD→ 08373235 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| A AFRIYIE LTD→ 10547644 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| A BILL P RECOVERY LTD→ 15146968 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| A.A. LOCK TRANSPORT (HEADCORN) LIMITED→ 01161351 · est 1974 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 52y | — | — |
| A.B.A. LOGISTICS LIMITED→ 02992763 · est 1994 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 31y | — | — |
| A&C EXPRESS LTD→ 16738593 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| A&D 24 LTD→ 14998071 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AAA EXECUTIVE CARS OF ESSEX LTD→ 16859576 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200
Registered office
3 Sylvan Court Sylvan Way
Laindon
Basildon
Essex
SS15 6TU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
ORWELL, Patricia Ann→
Activesecretary · appointed 1998-07-03
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BENNETT, Paul→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2011-08-01
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GOLDSMITH, Kevin Ray→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2001-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TUCK, Peter Andrew→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 1998-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-07-03 · resigned 1998-07-03
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-07-03 · resigned 1998-07-03
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 04/02/2011 | 09/04/2015 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 26/06/2003 | 09/04/2015 | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 30/08/2001 | — |
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Recent filings (76 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28