ALDIS MOTORS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04382617 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-27
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 23.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 23.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 800 | 700 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-09-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC03
- 2022-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2002-10-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2002-02-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ALDIS MOTORS LIMITED
- 2002-02-27➕DURRANT, Samantha Fay appointedsecretary
- 2002-02-27➕DURRANT, Samantha Fay appointeddirector
- 2002-02-27➕DURRANT, Trevor Richard appointeddirector
- 2002-02-27➕CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-02-27➖CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Trevor Richard Durrant Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 04/11/2023 |
Mrs Samantha Fay Durrant Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Samantha Durrantceased 18/06/2024· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200
Registered office
Aldis Motors Aldis Garage
8 Stone Hill Way
Cromer
Norfolk
NR27 9JW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
DURRANT, Samantha Fay→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-02-27
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DURRANT, Samantha Fay→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2002-02-27
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DURRANT, Trevor Richard→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2002-02-27
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CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-27 · resigned 2002-02-27
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 02/10/2002 | — |
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Recent filings (66 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15