AES LOGISTICS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04810184 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 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.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees200300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-03-21
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    SPURDIN, Lisa Janette appointed
    director
  9. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-07-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2014-09-19
    ➖
    SPURDIN, Susan Margaret resigned
    director
  19. 2013-12-31
    ➖
    SPURDIN, Susan Margaret resigned
    secretary
  20. 2003-06-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AES LOGISTICS LTD
  21. 2003-06-25
    ➕
    SPURDIN, Andrew Edward appointed
    director
  22. 2003-06-25
    ➕
    SPURDIN, Susan Margaret appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-06-25
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-06-25
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-06-25
    ➕
    SPURDIN, Susan Margaret appointed
    director
  26. 2003-06-25
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-06-25
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SPURDIN, Lisa Janette (same surname) appointed 2022-03-21. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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
Mr Andrew Edward Spurdin
Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control01/07/2016
Mrs Lisa Janette Spurdin
Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/08/2023

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
Incorporated2003-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

12 Edenside Drive
Attleborough
Norfolk
NR17 2EL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SPURDIN, Andrew Edward→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPURDIN, Lisa Janette→
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-03-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPURDIN, Susan Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-25 · resigned 2013-12-31
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-25 · resigned 2003-06-25
Resigned
SPURDIN, Susan Margaret→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-06-25 · resigned 2014-09-19
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-25 · resigned 2003-06-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-31