AEGF 2 LTD

🌳Matureactive
05893079 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-01
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2022-08-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-05-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-05-22
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    POWELL, Timothy Stephen appointed
    director
  10. 2022-05-22
    ➕
    RANKIN, John Mark appointed
    director
  11. 2022-04-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-04-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2022-03-02
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    BARNSLEY, Robert Patrick resigned
    director
  14. 2021-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-03
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  16. 2020-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-03-30
    ➕
    BARNSLEY, Robert Patrick appointed
    director
  21. 2016-02-26
    ➕
    ADVANTAGE EARLY GROWTH LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2016-02-26
    ➖
    BROWN, Peter resigned
    secretary
  23. 2016-02-26
    ➖
    BROWN, Peter resigned
    director
  24. 2016-02-26
    ➖
    CALEY, Kevin David resigned
    director
  25. 2006-08-08
    ➕
    CALEY, Kevin David appointed
    director
  26. 2006-08-07
    ➕
    BROWN, Peter appointed
    secretary
  27. 2006-08-07
    ➕
    BROWN, Peter appointed
    director
  28. 2006-08-02
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2006-08-02
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2006-08-01
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    Company incorporated
    As AEGF 2 LTD
  31. 2006-08-01
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2006-08-01
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Advantage Early Growth Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Advantage Early Growth Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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AEGF 2 LTD
This company · 05893079

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Advantage Early Growth Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mr John Mark Rankin
Individual · British · DOB 11/1948 · age 78
——sig. influencesignificant influence02/03/2022
Mr Timothy Stephen Powell
Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence02/03/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robert Patrick Barnsleyceased 02/03/2022· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-08-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

Redroofs
Berrington Road
Tenbury Wells
Worcestershire
WR15 8EN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

POWELL, Timothy Stephen→
director · ~74y · appointed 2022-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RANKIN, John Mark→
director · ~78y · appointed 2022-05-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADVANTAGE EARLY GROWTH LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2016-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-07 · resigned 2016-02-26
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-08-01 · resigned 2006-08-02
Resigned
BARNSLEY, Robert Patrick→
director · ~85y · appointed 2016-03-30 · resigned 2022-03-02
Resigned
BROWN, Peter→
director · ~75y · appointed 2006-08-07 · resigned 2016-02-26
Resigned
CALEY, Kevin David→
director · ~75y · appointed 2006-08-08 · resigned 2016-02-26
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-08-01 · resigned 2006-08-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-08