AYREDALE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04776476 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-23
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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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 66190Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
  • 85600Educational support services
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 (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (53/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 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
53 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.

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
  1. 2025-09-02
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  2. 2024-08-17
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  3. 2023-08-04
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  4. 2023-03-28
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    AYRE, Andrea Kay appointed
    director
  5. 2023-03-28
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-10-25
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  7. 2021-09-24
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  8. 2020-07-16
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  9. 2019-08-08
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  10. 2018-09-18
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  11. 2017-08-07
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  12. 2016-07-21
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  13. 2016-05-25
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  14. 2015-11-14
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  15. 2015-06-01
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  16. 2014-09-06
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  17. 2003-06-05
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    AYRE, Andrea Kay appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-06-05
    ➕
    AYRE, Stephen Paul appointed
    director
  19. 2003-06-05
    ➖
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2003-06-05
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    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2003-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As AYREDALE LIMITED
  22. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "AYRE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 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 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Andrea Kay Ayre
Individual · English · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Paul Ayre
Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

398 Fulbridge Road
Peterborough
PE4 6SG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-06
Last: 2026-05-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

AYRE, Andrea Kay→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-05
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Active
AYRE, Andrea Kay→
director · ~62y · appointed 2023-03-28
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Active
AYRE, Stephen Paul→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-06-05
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Active
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-05-23 · resigned 2003-06-05
Resigned
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-05-23 · resigned 2003-06-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
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2025-09-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
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accounts · AA
2024-08-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-08