A A INSTALLATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03674551 · ltd · incorporated 1998-11-26

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other construction installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

77 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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-30	2024-03-30
Average employees	2	200

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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officers · AP01
2023-04-06
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ADGAR, Joshua appointed
director
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-03-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-24
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-11
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2020-01-07
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-01-07
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-01-02
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ADGAR, Joshua appointed
secretary
2020-01-02
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ADGAR, Alex resigned
secretary
2019-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-11-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-11-30
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
1999-04-13
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ADGAR, Adrian resigned
secretary
1999-04-13
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ADGAR, Alex appointed
secretary
1998-11-26
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Company incorporated
As A A INSTALLATIONS LIMITED
1998-11-26
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ADGAR, Adrian appointed
director
1998-11-26
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ADGAR, Adrian appointed
secretary
1998-11-26
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-11-26
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-11-26
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1998-11-26
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ADGAR, Joshua (same surname) appointed 2023-04-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
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 27 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Adrian Adgar Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Joshua Adgarceased 30/11/2016· 25-50% shares

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

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3 SHIRES BUILDERS LTD→ 13919393 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-11-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

White House

Clarendon Street

Nottingham

NG1 5GF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-01

Last: 2025-11-17

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ADGAR, Joshua→

secretary · appointed 2020-01-02

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Active

ADGAR, Adrian→

director · ~61y · appointed 1998-11-26

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Active

ADGAR, Joshua→

director · ~35y · appointed 2023-04-06

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ADGAR, Adrian→

secretary · appointed 1998-11-26 · resigned 1999-04-13

Resigned

ADGAR, Alex→

secretary · appointed 1999-04-13 · resigned 2020-01-02

Resigned

SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-11-26 · resigned 1998-11-26

Resigned

CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-11-26 · resigned 1998-11-26

Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-12-22

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-21

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-12-19

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-12-22

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2022-12-07

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-03-07

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2021-12-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-01-07

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-30