AISA FINANCIAL PLANNING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03621676 · ltd · incorporated 1998-08-25
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees10001000

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-11-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-11-29
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    elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
    officers · EH02
  6. 2023-07-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-07-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-08-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-12-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 1999-04-01
    ➕
    TUTTON, Clive Raymond appointed
    secretary
  18. 1999-03-31
    ➖
    PEARCY CALDWELL, Sally Ann resigned
    secretary
  19. 1999-01-13
    ➕
    PEARCY CALDWELL, James Leonard appointed
    director
  20. 1999-01-13
    ➕
    TUTTON, Clive Raymond appointed
    director
  21. 1999-01-13
    ➕
    PEARCY CALDWELL, Sally Ann appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-01-13
    ➖
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-01-13
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1998-08-25
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    Company incorporated
    As AISA FINANCIAL PLANNING LIMITED
  25. 1998-08-25
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-08-25
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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

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 James Leonard Douglas Pearcy-Caldwell
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
—50–75%50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Clive Raymond Tutton
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant 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
Incorporated1998-08-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Unit 5, The Grain Store, Manor Farm
Coate
Devizes
SN10 3LP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

TUTTON, Clive Raymond→
secretary · appointed 1999-04-01
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Active
PEARCY CALDWELL, James Leonard→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-01-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TUTTON, Clive Raymond→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-01-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEARCY CALDWELL, Sally Ann→
secretary · appointed 1999-01-13 · resigned 1999-03-31
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-08-25 · resigned 1999-01-13
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-08-25 · resigned 1999-01-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (98 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-29
elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
officers · EH02
2023-11-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-13