AA GEOPHYSICAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05658523 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-20

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£191.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 09100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £191,001

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£191k

↑ 38% YoY

Current Assets

£207k

↑ 36% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£191.0k	£138.7k
Current assets	£207.3k	£152.6k
Net assets	£191.0k	£138.7k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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2025-04-15
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2024-07-22
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2023-09-22
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2022-09-30
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2021-09-28
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2020-10-21
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2019-08-21
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accounts · AA
2018-06-14
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accounts · AA
2018-04-09
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address · AD01
2017-09-27
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accounts · AA
2017-01-31
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address · AD01
2016-09-02
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accounts · AA
2016-01-31
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2015-09-21
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accounts · AA
2007-12-10
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ATKINSON, Alan Stephen appointed
director
2005-12-20
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Company incorporated
As AA GEOPHYSICAL LIMITED
2005-12-20
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ATKINSON, Alan Stephen appointed
secretary
2005-12-20
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FLINT, Isobel Mary appointed
director
2005-12-20
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M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-12-20
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M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED resigned
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2005-12-20
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DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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2005-12-20
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DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Stephen Atkinson Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	20/12/2016
Mrs Isobel Mary Flint Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	20/12/2016

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

Incorporated2005-12-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

C/O J Tanna & Co Limited

135 Kings Road

Kingston Upon Thames

Surrey

KT2 5JE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-02

Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ATKINSON, Alan Stephen→

secretary · appointed 2005-12-20

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Active

ATKINSON, Alan Stephen→

director · ~61y · appointed 2007-12-10

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Active

FLINT, Isobel Mary→

director · ~62y · appointed 2005-12-20

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Active

M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-12-20 · resigned 2005-12-20

Resigned

DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-12-20 · resigned 2005-12-20

Resigned

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