AARON TAWNY MORTGAGES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04033512 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-13
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.06M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
79 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,064,330
Cash YoY
+276%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£221k
↑ 276% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£236k£472k£708k£944k£1.2mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£1.06M£881.4k
Current assets£1.18M£941.5k
Cash£220.8k£58.7k
Debtors£959.7k£882.7k
Net assets£1.06M£881.4k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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  3. 2024-03-12
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  4. 2023-03-30
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  5. 2021-11-25
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  6. 2021-03-03
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  7. 2020-12-08
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  8. 2020-12-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-07
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  11. 2018-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2017-07-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-03-02
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-05
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  15. 2016-02-09
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-06-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2005-03-31
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    GROOME, Patrick Eric resigned
    director
  18. 2001-01-10
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    MADDISON, Clare appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-01-10
    ➕
    ETHERIDGE, Neil appointed
    director
  20. 2001-01-10
    ➖
    ETHERIDGE, Neil resigned
    secretary
  21. 2001-01-10
    ➖
    GREEN, Sharon Anne resigned
    secretary
  22. 2001-01-10
    ➖
    GREEN, Sharon Anne resigned
    director
  23. 2000-07-14
    ➕
    GREEN, Sharon Anne appointed
    secretary
  24. 2000-07-14
    ➖
    WHITE ROSE FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-07-14
    ➕
    GREEN, Sharon Anne appointed
    director
  26. 2000-07-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AARON TAWNY MORTGAGES LIMITED
  27. 2000-07-13
    ➕
    ETHERIDGE, Neil appointed
    secretary
  28. 2000-07-13
    ➕
    WHITE ROSE FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2000-07-13
    ➕
    GROOME, Patrick Eric appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 Neil Etheridge
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70221 — Financial management

Registered office

Carlton House High Street
Higham Ferrers
Northamptonshire
NN10 8BW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-08
Last: 2025-06-24

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MADDISON, Clare→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ETHERIDGE, Neil→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ETHERIDGE, Neil→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-13 · resigned 2001-01-10
Resigned
GREEN, Sharon Anne→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-14 · resigned 2001-01-10
Resigned
WHITE ROSE FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-07-13 · resigned 2000-07-14
Resigned
GREEN, Sharon Anne→
director · ~68y · appointed 2000-07-14 · resigned 2001-01-10
Resigned
GROOME, Patrick Eric→
director · ~90y · appointed 2000-07-13 · resigned 2005-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

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2026-02-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-26
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accounts · AA
2025-03-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-31