AIGBURTH ENGINEERING LIMITED

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06227086 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-25
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£5.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33110
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -81% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,169
Net assets shrinking
Down £258 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 81% YoY
Cash YoY
-81%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 81% YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↓ 4.8% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£6k£8k£11k£14kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£5.2k£5.4k
Current assets£12.4k£14.0k
Cash£2.7k£14.0k
Debtors£9.7k—
Net assets£5.2k£5.4k

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-02
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  3. 2023-10-09
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  4. 2022-11-09
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  5. 2021-09-28
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  6. 2020-10-13
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  7. 2019-12-09
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  8. 2018-09-03
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  9. 2017-05-12
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  10. 2017-04-03
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    accounts · AA01
  11. 2016-11-18
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-11-04
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-05-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-09-23
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2007-06-09
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    DOYLE, Catherine Bernadette appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-06-09
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    DOYLE, Martin appointed
    director
  18. 2007-06-09
    ➖
    SINCLAIR SECRECTARIAL SERVICES (UK) LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2007-06-09
    ➖
    HUGHES, Gordon Keith resigned
    director
  20. 2007-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As AIGBURTH ENGINEERING LIMITED
  21. 2007-04-25
    ➕
    SINCLAIR SECRECTARIAL SERVICES (UK) LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-04-25
    ➕
    HUGHES, Gordon Keith appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martin Doyle
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33110 — SIC 33110

Registered office

9 Errol Street, Aigburth
Liverpool
Merseyside
L17 7DQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DOYLE, Catherine Bernadette→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOYLE, Martin→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-06-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINCLAIR SECRECTARIAL SERVICES (UK) LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-04-25 · resigned 2007-06-09
Resigned
HUGHES, Gordon Keith→
director · ~75y · appointed 2007-04-25 · resigned 2007-06-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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2025-10-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
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2024-07-01
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accounts · AA
2023-10-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
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accounts · AA
2021-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-03