AARON DEVELOPMENTS (WREXHAM) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05441413 · ltd · incorporated 2005-05-03
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 20.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 20.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.2 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, 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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
66 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-25📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-02-25🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-08-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-07📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-28📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-01-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-01-28📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2006-01-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2005-08-18➕ABRAHAMS, Paul Adam appointedsecretary
- 2005-08-18➕SHIPPER, Robert appointedsecretary
- 2005-08-18➕ABRAHAMS, Paul Adam appointeddirector
- 2005-08-18➕SHIPPER, Robert appointeddirector
- 2005-08-18➖RAFTERY, Paul Matthew resignedsecretary
- 2005-08-18➖THOMPSON, Alan Christopher resigneddirector
- 2005-05-03🏢Company incorporatedAs AARON DEVELOPMENTS (WREXHAM) LIMITED
- 2005-05-03➕RAFTERY, Paul Matthew appointedsecretary
- 2005-05-03➕THOMPSON, Alan Christopher appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 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 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Paul Adam Abrahams Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2016 |
Mr Robert Shipper Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 00227617 LIMITED→ 00227617 · est 1928 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 98y | — | — |
| 1GESTURE CIC→ 17037466 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 255 BRUNCH LIMITED→ 14655333 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AAPOLDHAM LIMITED→ 11170366 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ABBEYSPERSE LIMITED→ 03221793 · est 1996 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 29y | — | — |
| ABS PROPERTY SOLUTIONS LTD→ 16136225 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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| AFMH RENTALS LLP→ OC457633 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-05-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
3 Burwell Close
Rochdale
OL12 6DQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-17
Last: 2025-05-03
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
ABRAHAMS, Paul Adam→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-08-18
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Active
ABRAHAMS, Paul Adam→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2005-08-18
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SHIPPER, Robert→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2005-08-18
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RAFTERY, Paul Matthew→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-05-03 · resigned 2005-08-18
THOMPSON, Alan Christopher→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2005-05-03 · resigned 2005-08-18
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 31/01/2006 | 25/02/2022 |
Recent filings (66 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-14
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-07
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-07