AIM APPLICATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06349086 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-21
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£209.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.0y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £209,396

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£121k
Net Worth
£209k
Current Assets
£274k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£55k£110k£164k£219k£274kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£218.5k—
Current assets£274.0k—
Cash£121.0k—
Debtors£143.0k—
Net assets£209.4k—
Average employees—300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2018-11-20
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  11. 2018-09-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2018-09-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2018-09-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2018-09-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2018-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-28
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    accounts · AA01
  17. 2018-08-28
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2018-08-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  19. 2018-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-07-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  21. 2007-08-21
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    Company incorporated
    As AIM APPLICATIONS LIMITED
  22. 2007-08-21
    ➕
    INGHAM, Andrew David appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-08-21
    ➕
    INGHAM, Andrew David appointed
    director
  24. 2007-08-21
    ➕
    MACKRELL, Andrew David appointed
    director
  25. 2007-08-21
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2007-08-21
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2007-08-21
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2007-08-21
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES 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.)

Group structure

Aim Applications Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aim Applications Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AIM APPLICATIONS LIMITED
This company · 06349086

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aim Applications Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/07/2018
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Andrew David Inghamceased 19/07/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Andrew David Mackrellceased 19/07/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Sarah Louise Mackrellceased 19/07/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2007-08-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Unit 1 Briercliffe Business
Centre Burnley Road Briercliffe
Burnley
Lancashire
BB10 2HG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

INGHAM, Andrew David→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-21
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Active
INGHAM, Andrew David→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-08-21
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Active
MACKRELL, Andrew David→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-08-21
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Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-08-21 · resigned 2007-08-21
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-08-21 · resigned 2007-08-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—20/11/2018—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—21/08/2018—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—07/07/2017—
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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-12