AORTA SALES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05998311 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-14
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
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,022
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,431 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
↓ 58% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 51% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£665£1k£2k£3k£3kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-302023-12-30
Total assets£1.7k£2.5k
Current assets£1.6k£3.3k
Net assets£1.0k£2.5k

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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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-03-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-29
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  6. 2023-04-05
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  7. 2023-04-05
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  8. 2023-04-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-12-08
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2022-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-01-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-08-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-08-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-08-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2021-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2021-08-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2020-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2006-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As AORTA SALES LIMITED
  21. 2006-11-14
    ➕
    BYCROFT, John Anthony, Mr. appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-11-14
    ➕
    BYCROFT, Christina appointed
    director
  23. 2006-11-14
    ➕
    BYCROFT, John Anthony, Mr. appointed
    director
  24. 2006-11-14
    ➕
    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2006-11-14
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    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2006-11-14
    ➕
    RM NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2006-11-14
    ➖
    RM NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. John Anthony Bycroft
Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control01/11/2016
Mrs Christina Bycroft
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/11/2016

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
Incorporated2006-11-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Willow House Duck Pond View Broad Lane
Bishampton
Pershore
Worcestershire
WR10 2LY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BYCROFT, John Anthony, Mr.→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BYCROFT, Christina→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BYCROFT, John Anthony, Mr.→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-11-14 · resigned 2006-11-14
Resigned
RM NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-11-14 · resigned 2006-11-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-03