A.I.E.W. DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04240205 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-25

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£108.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46760

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

95 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £108,780

Cash YoY

+16%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£49k

↑ 16% YoY

Net Worth

£109k

↑ 2.3% YoY

Current Assets

£307k

↓ 6.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£108.8k	£106.4k
Current assets	£306.9k	£327.0k
Cash	£49.4k	£42.6k
Debtors	£161.7k	£188.1k
Net assets	£108.8k	£106.3k

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

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2025-09-17
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accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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accounts · AA
2022-06-20
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officers · CH01
2022-06-20
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2022-06-20
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2022-06-20
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address · AD01
2021-09-16
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2021-06-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-06-24
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2009-02-27
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DUNNING, Anne resigned
director
2009-02-26
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DUNNING, Anne appointed
director
2009-02-26
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DUNNING, Anne appointed
director
2008-02-26
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GARDNER, Andrew appointed
director
2008-02-26
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LAMB, Elaine Patricia appointed
director
2008-01-01
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LAMB, Elaine Patricia appointed
secretary
2008-01-01
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DUNNING, Anne resigned
secretary
2006-10-07
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DUNNING, Andrew David Middleton appointed
director
2006-09-30
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DUNNING, Ian Patrick resigned
director
2006-04-04
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DUNNING, Anna resigned
director
2005-11-29
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BLYTON, Sandra Joan resigned
director
2005-11-29
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DUNNING, Anna appointed
director
2003-10-01
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BLYTON, Sandra Joan appointed
director
2001-09-03
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DUNNING, Ian Patrick appointed
director
2001-06-25
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Company incorporated
As A.I.E.W. DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
2001-06-25
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DUNNING, Geoffrey David appointed
director
2001-06-25
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DUNNING, Anne appointed
secretary
2001-06-25
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IGP CORPORATE NOMINEES LTD appointed
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2001-06-25
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IGP CORPORATE NOMINEES LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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.)

Group structure

Associated Independent Electrical Wholesalers Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Associated Independent Electrical Wholesalers Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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A.I.E.W. DISTRIBUTION LIMITED

This company · 04240205

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Associated Independent Electrical Wholesalers Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2001-06-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760

Registered office

B6 Langham Park Lows Lane

Stanton By Dale

Ilkeston

Derbyshire

DE7 4RJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-08

Last: 2025-06-24