AARDVARC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05770141 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-05

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 17.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2024

Net worth

£1.64M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Electrical installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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 17.7y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 17.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (9 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

82 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,643,401

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£340k

Net Worth

£1.6m

Current Assets

£3.2m

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-07-31
Total assets	£1.84M
Current assets	£3.16M
Cash	£339.7k
Debtors	£2.75M
Net assets	£1.64M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 9 officers
• 4 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 incorporation

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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officers · AP01
2026-01-26
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officers · AP01
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officers · AP01
2026-01-26
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officers · AP01
2026-01-22
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-01-22
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-01-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-16
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officers · AP01
2026-01-16
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officers · AP01
2026-01-16
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officers · AP01
2026-01-16
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accounts · AA01
2026-01-16
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address · AD01
2026-01-16
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officers · TM02
2026-01-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-01-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-14
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DE SOUSA DUQUE SARAMAGO, Ricardo Jorge appointed
director
2026-01-14
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DOWELL, Paul Anthony appointed
director
2026-01-14
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LENNEY, Darren John appointed
director
2026-01-14
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MARQUES, Nuno Miguel Rodrigues Terras appointed
director
2026-01-14
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MOORE, Ian appointed
director
2026-01-14
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NUNES, Fernando Daniel Leocádio Campos appointed
director
2026-01-14
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QUINN, Michael John appointed
director
2026-01-14
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WARD, Stuart appointed
director
2026-01-14
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MILLER, Andrea Claire resigned
secretary
2025-12-08
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second-filing-of-annual-return-with-made-up-date
annual-return · RP04AR01
2025-10-16
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-16
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Charge satisfied #1
2025-07-31
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accounts · AA
2024-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2014-07-11
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STEPHEN, Stuart Danial appointed
director
2014-07-11
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LENNEY, Darren John resigned
director
2008-08-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2006-05-24
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MILLER, Andrea Claire appointed
secretary
2006-05-24
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STEPHEN, Stuart Danial resigned
secretary
2006-04-05
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Company incorporated
As AARDVARC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS LIMITED
2006-04-05
➕
STEPHEN, Stuart Danial appointed
secretary
2006-04-05
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LENNEY, Darren John appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

The Aardvarc Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Aardvarc Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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AARDVARC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS LIMITED

This company · 05770141

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
The Aardvarc Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	14/01/2026

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Darren John Lenneyceased 14/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Stuart Daniel Stephenceased 14/01/2026· significant influence
Miss Andrea Claire Millerceased 14/01/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2006-04-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Oak House Overbrook Lane

Knowsley

Prescot

L34 9FB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-22

Last: 2025-12-08