ADVANCED ENGINEERING SERVICES (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04937612 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-20
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 22.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£118.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). 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 22.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.5 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 (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £118,777

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£53k
Net Worth
£119k
Current Assets
£118k
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£161.4k
Current assets£118.3k
Cash£53.5k
Debtors£57.4k
Net assets£118.8k

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2024-11-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-10-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-10-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2021-10-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-11
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2021-01-25
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    EDWARDS, Paul David appointed
    director
  14. 2020-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-04-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2020-03-31
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    EDWARDS, Paul David resigned
    director
  17. 2019-11-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2019-11-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2019-11-01
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    EDWARDS, James William appointed
    director
  20. 2019-11-01
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    EDWARDS, Paul David appointed
    director
  21. 2019-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2017-12-31
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    EDWARDS, Thomas David appointed
    director
  23. 2017-12-31
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    EDWARDS, Paul David resigned
    director
  24. 2003-11-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  25. 2003-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED ENGINEERING SERVICES (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED
  26. 2003-10-20
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Jacqueline appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-10-20
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  28. 2003-10-20
    ➕
    C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2003-10-20
    ➖
    C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2003-10-20
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Paul David appointed
    director
  31. 2003-10-20
    ➕
    C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2003-10-20
    ➖
    C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 68. 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

Jax Engineering Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Jax Engineering Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ADVANCED ENGINEERING SERVICES (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED
This company · 04937612

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Jax Engineering Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/05/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Jacqueline Edwardsceased 04/05/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Paul David Edwardsceased 31/12/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2003-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

16a Mackets Lane
Halewood
Liverpool
L25 0LQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

EDWARDS, Jacqueline→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-20
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Active
EDWARDS, Jacqueline→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-10-20
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Active
EDWARDS, James William→
director · ~26y · appointed 2019-11-01
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Active
EDWARDS, Paul David→
director · ~68y · appointed 2021-01-25
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Active
EDWARDS, Thomas David→
director · ~27y · appointed 2017-12-31
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Active
C & M SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-20 · resigned 2003-10-20
Resigned
EDWARDS, Paul David→
director · ~68y · appointed 2019-11-01 · resigned 2020-03-31
Resigned
EDWARDS, Paul David→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-10-20 · resigned 2017-12-31
Resigned
C & M REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-20 · resigned 2003-10-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property26/11/2003—
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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-01-31
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-10-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-25