AEON GB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06337271 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-08
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£196.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £196,030
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,627 YoY
Cash YoY
+1088%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£135k
↑ 1088% YoY
Net Worth
£196k
↓ 5.1% YoY
Current Assets
£398k
↑ 4.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£80k£159k£239k£319k£398kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£257.9k£297.7k
Current assets£398.3k£382.6k
Cash£134.7k£11.3k
Debtors£210.0k£312.6k
Net assets£196.0k£206.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-07
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    capital · SH01
  13. 2017-09-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2017-09-01
    ➕
    CAFFREY, Leigh appointed
    director
  15. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-02-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2010-05-19
    ➖
    WATKINS, Joanne Louise resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-08-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AEON GB LIMITED
  19. 2007-08-08
    ➕
    WATKINS, Andrew Gordon appointed
    director
  20. 2007-08-08
    ➕
    WATKINS, Joanne Louise appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-08-08
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2007-08-08
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-08-08
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2007-08-08
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Andrew Gordon Watkins
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
—75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% voting · board control · significant influence08/08/2016

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
Incorporated2007-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Taxassist Accountants
8 Station Road
Llanelli
Carmarthenshire
SA15 1AL
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-14
Last: 2026-05-31

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CAFFREY, Leigh→
director · ~51y · appointed 2017-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATKINS, Andrew Gordon→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATKINS, Joanne Louise→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-08 · resigned 2010-05-19
Resigned
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-08-08 · resigned 2007-08-08
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-08-08 · resigned 2007-08-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-29