AEGEAN BLUE LTD

🌳Matureactive

05323409 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-04

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£200.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Administration of financial markets

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 1 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

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £199,976

Cash YoY

+127%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£67k

↑ 127% YoY

Net Worth

£200k

↑ 30% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£205.6k	£153.4k
Cash	£66.7k	£29.3k
Net assets	£200.0k	£153.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-02-23
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TZORTZOGLOU, Eirini appointed
director
2026-02-23
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officers · AP01
2025-08-08
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accounts · AA
2024-03-15
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accounts · AA
2023-09-28
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2022-04-01
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2021-02-24
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accounts · AA
2020-08-24
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2019-09-04
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2018-06-25
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2017-08-22
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2016-08-16
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2015-12-29
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2015-09-22
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2014-12-15
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2008-12-30
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BATTY, Rebecca resigned
secretary
2005-01-04
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Company incorporated
As AEGEAN BLUE LTD
2005-01-04
➕
BATTY, John appointed
director
2005-01-04
➕
BATTY, Rebecca appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

83/100

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Batty Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Ms Eirini Tzortzoglou Individual · Greek · DOB 02/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-01-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66110 — Administration of financial markets

Registered office

The Byre 2 Aynsome Mill Farm

Cartmel

Grange-Over-Sands

La11 6hh

LA11 6HH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-04

Last: 2026-02-18

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BATTY, John→

director · ~72y · appointed 2005-01-04

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Active

TZORTZOGLOU, Eirini→

director · ~68y · appointed 2026-02-23

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Active

BATTY, Rebecca→

secretary · appointed 2005-01-04 · resigned 2008-12-30

Resigned

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