AOCC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04714455 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-27

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

52103SIC 52103

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

60 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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	500	500

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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2022-12-05
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2021-06-18
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2021-06-18
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2021-06-18
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2021-06-18
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2021-06-03
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COLE, Jeremy Benjamin appointed
director
2021-06-03
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MIDDLETON, David Robert appointed
director
2021-06-03
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DENTON, Christopher Bentley resigned
secretary
2021-06-03
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DENTON, Christopher Bentley resigned
director
2020-10-27
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2019-08-28
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2003-03-27
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Company incorporated
As AOCC LIMITED
2003-03-27
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HILL, Stephen John appointed
director
2003-03-27
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DENTON, Christopher Bentley appointed
secretary
2003-03-27
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-27
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-03-27
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DENTON, Christopher Bentley appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

Bold Ventures Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bold Ventures Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AOCC LIMITED

This company · 04714455

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
Bold Ventures Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	03/06/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Christopher Bentley Dentonceased 03/06/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest

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

Incorporated2003-03-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Unit 6 Pineapple Park

Road One Winsford Industrial Estate

Winsford

Cheshire

CW7 3PZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-10

Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

COLE, Jeremy Benjamin→

director · ~66y · appointed 2021-06-03

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Active

HILL, Stephen John→

director · ~58y · appointed 2003-03-27

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Active

MIDDLETON, David Robert→

director · ~51y · appointed 2021-06-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DENTON, Christopher Bentley→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-27 · resigned 2021-06-03

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-27 · resigned 2003-03-27

Resigned

DENTON, Christopher Bentley→

director · ~79y · appointed 2003-03-27 · resigned 2021-06-03

Resigned

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