AARON WINDOWS INSTALLATIONS LIMITED

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05380593 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-02
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-14.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Glazing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -56% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.0y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,980
Cash draining
Cash down 56% YoY
Cash YoY
-56%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14k
↓ 56% YoY
Net Worth
-£14k
↓ 79% YoY
Current Assets
£44k
↓ 54% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£14k£8k£30k£52k£74k£96kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-321£7.5k
Current assets£43.7k£95.9k
Cash£14.1k£31.9k
Debtors£10.7k£61.8k
Net assets£-14.0k£-7.8k

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

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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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 resolution
  • • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  2. 2026-03-11
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  3. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-27
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2025-05-27
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2024-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-06-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  18. 2005-03-02
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    Company incorporated
    As AARON WINDOWS INSTALLATIONS LIMITED
  19. 2005-03-02
    ➕
    GIBSON, Sheila Nancy appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-03-02
    ➕
    GIBSON, Terence Paul appointed
    director
  21. 2005-03-02
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-03-02
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-03-02
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2005-03-02
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 Terence Paul Gibson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Sheila Nancy Gibson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-03-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43342 — Glazing

Registered office

8 Hopper Way
Diss Business Park
Diss
Norfolk
IP22 4GT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GIBSON, Sheila Nancy→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBSON, Terence Paul→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-03-02 · resigned 2005-03-02
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-03-02 · resigned 2005-03-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property08/06/200627/05/2025

Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-03-11
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-05