AAI FORWARDING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05562840 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-13
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 4.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 50200
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 4.3y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~4.3 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · 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 (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
57 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees400500

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  2. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-05-03
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  6. 2024-05-03
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2024-05-02
    ➕
    TUCK, Peter appointed
    secretary
  8. 2024-05-02
    ➖
    CARMODY, John Anthony resigned
    secretary
  9. 2024-05-01
    ➕
    TUCK, Peter Andrew appointed
    director
  10. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-04-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-01-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2022-01-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  15. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-06-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-06-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2006-09-29
    ➕
    CARMODY, John Anthony appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-09-29
    ➖
    DAINES, Steven Richard resigned
    secretary
  22. 2005-10-10
    ➖
    DAINES, Mary resigned
    director
  23. 2005-09-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AAI FORWARDING LIMITED
  24. 2005-09-13
    ➕
    DAINES, Steven Richard appointed
    director
  25. 2005-09-13
    ➕
    DAINES, Steven Richard appointed
    secretary
  26. 2005-09-13
    ➕
    DAINES, Mary appointed
    director

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.
  • 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

Aai Holdings Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Aai Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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AAI FORWARDING LIMITED
This company · 05562840

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aai Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/12/2025
Mr Steven Daines
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares05/04/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Patricia Ann Orwellceased 04/04/2017· significant influence

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
Incorporated2005-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200

Registered office

Suite 7 Realtex House Leeds Road Leeds Road
Rawdon
Leeds
LS19 6AX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-08
Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

TUCK, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2024-05-02
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Active
DAINES, Steven Richard→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-09-13
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Active
TUCK, Peter Andrew→
director · ~66y · appointed 2024-05-01
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Active
CARMODY, John Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-29 · resigned 2024-05-02
Resigned
DAINES, Steven Richard→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-13 · resigned 2006-09-29
Resigned
DAINES, Mary→
director · ~91y · appointed 2005-09-13 · resigned 2005-10-10
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 UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property13/01/2022—
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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-09
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-05-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06