AUK SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05111595 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-26

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 20.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46750

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

71111Architectural activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 20.3y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 20.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

91 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

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	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	5000	4400

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-01-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-07
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BESLEY, Samuel appointed
director
2025-08-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-29
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-04-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-07-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-04-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-04
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BESLEY, Erica resigned
director
2020-08-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-05
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2015-08-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2015-06-30
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Charge satisfied #2
2014-09-12
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BESLEY, Adrian appointed
director
2014-09-12
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BESLEY, Matthew appointed
director
2006-08-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2006-02-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2004-04-26
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Company incorporated
As AUK SUPPLIES LIMITED
2004-04-26
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BESLEY, Erica appointed
secretary
2004-04-26
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BESLEY, Michael Simon appointed
director
2004-04-26
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BESLEY, Erica appointed
director

Owner dependency

66/100

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BESLEY, Samuel (same surname) appointed 2025-08-07. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Brookside Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Brookside Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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AUK SUPPLIES LIMITED

This company · 05111595

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
Brookside Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	20/06/2019

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Michael Simon Besleyceased 20/06/2019· 25-50% voting
Anne Besleyceased 20/06/2019· 75-100% shares
Erica Besleyceased 20/06/2019· 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2004-04-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46750 — SIC 46750

Registered office

7 Cavalier Road

Heathfield

Newton Abbot

Devon

TQ12 6TQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-11

Last: 2026-04-27