AOB & ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03962268 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-03
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (75/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
82 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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-21
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-03-18
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  3. 2026-03-13
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  4. 2026-02-18
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  5. 2026-02-17
    ➕
    HALL, James appointed
    secretary
  6. 2026-02-17
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-08-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-10-05
    ➕
    EMMERSON, Simon Jonathan Walker appointed
    director
  18. 2014-01-09
    ➖
    EMMERSON, Simon Jonathon Walker resigned
    secretary
  19. 2001-07-31
    ➕
    O'BRIEN, Aine Sigle appointed
    director
  20. 2001-07-31
    ➕
    EMMERSON, Simon Jonathon Walker appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-07-31
    ➖
    O'BRIEN, Aine resigned
    secretary
  22. 2001-07-31
    ➖
    EMMERSON, Simon Jonathon Walker resigned
    director
  23. 2000-04-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AOB & ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  24. 2000-04-03
    ➕
    O'BRIEN, Aine appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-04-03
    ➕
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-04-03
    ➖
    QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-04-03
    ➕
    EMMERSON, Simon Jonathon Walker appointed
    director
  28. 2000-04-03
    ➕
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2000-04-03
    ➖
    QA NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 65. 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 25 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Jonathan Walker Emmerson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Ms Aine Sigle O'Brien
Individual · Irish · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-04-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Rambler Cottage 20 Main Street
Worthington
Ashby De La Zouch
Leicestershire
LE65 1RP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-23
Last: 2025-11-09

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

HALL, James→
secretary · appointed 2026-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EMMERSON, Simon Jonathan Walker→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'BRIEN, Aine Sigle→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EMMERSON, Simon Jonathon Walker→
secretary · appointed 2001-07-31 · resigned 2014-01-09
Resigned
O'BRIEN, Aine→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-03 · resigned 2001-07-31
Resigned
QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-03 · resigned 2000-04-03
Resigned
EMMERSON, Simon Jonathon Walker→
director · ~65y · appointed 2000-04-03 · resigned 2001-07-31
Resigned
QA NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-03 · resigned 2000-04-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-03-18
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2026-03-13
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-02-18
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-09