A A SILENCERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06042843 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-05

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 14.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£393.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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 14.2y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 14.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

5 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £393,189

Cash YoY

+9%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£354k

↑ 8.8% YoY

Net Worth

£393k

↑ 26% YoY

Current Assets

£447k

↑ 6.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£675.1k	£584.6k
Current assets	£447.1k	£420.1k
Cash	£353.7k	£325.0k
Debtors	£83.4k	£68.4k
Net assets	£393.2k	£311.2k

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

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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

• 3 persons-with-significant-control
• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2007-01-05
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Company incorporated
As A A SILENCERS LIMITED
2007-01-05
➕
GROCOTT, Simon Lee appointed
secretary
2007-01-05
➕
GROCOTT, Adam Michael appointed
director
2007-01-05
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GROCOTT, Justin Terry Arthur Zygmund appointed
director
2007-01-05
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GROCOTT, Simon Lee appointed
director
2007-01-05
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GROCOTT, Terry appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

5 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Zoe Marie Grocott Individual · British · DOB 11/1983 · age 43	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	13/04/2016
Mrs Laura Ellen Grocott Individual · British · DOB 01/1982 · age 44	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	13/04/2016
Mr Adam Michael Grocott Individual · British · DOB 03/1981 · age 45	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Justin Terry Arthur Zygmund Grocott Individual · British · DOB 06/1982 · age 44	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Simon Lee Grocott Individual · British · DOB 06/1977 · age 49	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-01-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Grosvenor Garage, Tean Road,

Cheadle, Stoke-On-Trent

Staffordshire

ST10 1LQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-19

Last: 2026-01-05