AETHERWEB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03833124 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-27
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 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
80 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
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2025Apr 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-04-052025-04-05
Average employees100100

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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-10
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  2. 2025-04-14
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  3. 2024-05-13
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  4. 2023-06-12
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  5. 2022-04-13
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-07
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-10
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    officers · TM01
  8. 2020-04-06
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-11
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    SNOXELL, Rosalind Elizabeth Ann resigned
    director
  10. 2019-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  11. 2018-04-13
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  12. 2017-05-08
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  13. 2016-04-11
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  14. 2016-01-27
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2016-01-26
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    SNOXELL, Rosalind Elizabeth Ann appointed
    director
  16. 2015-08-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-04-13
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2003-02-04
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    COOPER, Mitch resigned
    director
  19. 2002-07-23
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    SNOXELL, Jane Mary appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-07-23
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    SNOXELL, Jane Mary appointed
    director
  21. 2002-07-23
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    LITTLE, Steve resigned
    secretary
  22. 2002-07-23
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    LITTLE, Steve resigned
    director
  23. 1999-08-27
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    Company incorporated
    As AETHERWEB LIMITED
  24. 1999-08-27
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    SNOXELL, Jeffrey John appointed
    director
  25. 1999-08-27
    ➕
    LITTLE, Steve appointed
    secretary
  26. 1999-08-27
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1999-08-27
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1999-08-27
    ➕
    COOPER, Mitch appointed
    director
  29. 1999-08-27
    ➕
    LITTLE, Steve appointed
    director
  30. 1999-08-27
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1999-08-27
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — 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 79 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 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jeff Snoxell
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
75–100%
75–100%sig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated1999-08-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Cleveland House Linden Lane
Newholm
Whitby
North Yorkshire
YO21 3QX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-05
Last made up to: 2026-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

SNOXELL, Jane Mary→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SNOXELL, Jane Mary→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-07-23
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Active
SNOXELL, Jeffrey John→
director · ~55y · appointed 1999-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LITTLE, Steve→
secretary · appointed 1999-08-27 · resigned 2002-07-23
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-08-27 · resigned 1999-08-27
Resigned
COOPER, Mitch→
director · ~52y · appointed 1999-08-27 · resigned 2003-02-04
Resigned
LITTLE, Steve→
director · ~74y · appointed 1999-08-27 · resigned 2002-07-23
Resigned
SNOXELL, Rosalind Elizabeth Ann→
director · ~45y · appointed 2016-01-26 · resigned 2020-02-11
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-08-27 · resigned 1999-08-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-23