AAR POWERDRIVES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06408022 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-24

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£37.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33190

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 17.0y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 17.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 £37,411

Net assets shrinking

Down £15,185 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 85% YoY

Cash YoY

-85%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£21k

↓ 85% YoY

Net Worth

£37k

↓ 29% YoY

Current Assets

£226k

↓ 50% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£110.0k	£163.8k
Current assets	£226.1k	£450.4k
Cash	£21.2k	£140.2k
Debtors	£170.2k	£274.3k
Net assets	£37.4k	£52.6k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-01-02
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2025-02-19
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2024-02-21
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2023-02-14
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2021-11-29
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2020-12-01
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2020-02-24
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2019-02-27
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accounts · AA
2018-02-27
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accounts · AA
2018-01-23
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mortgage · MR01
2018-01-18
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
2017-02-23
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accounts · AA
2016-02-19
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accounts · AA
2015-10-28
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annual-return · AR01
2015-02-17
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accounts · AA
2014-10-27
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annual-return · AR01
2014-10-16
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Charge satisfied #1
2014-07-18
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2009-04-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
2008-01-31
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TARR, Karen Yvonne appointed
secretary
2008-01-31
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TARR, David Paul appointed
director
2008-01-31
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TARR, Karen Yvonne appointed
director
2008-01-30
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NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-01-30
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NOMINEE COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2007-10-24
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Company incorporated
As AAR POWERDRIVES LIMITED
2007-10-24
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NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-10-24
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NOMINEE COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 18 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Paul Tarr Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	24/10/2016
Mrs Karen Yvonne Tarr Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	24/10/2016

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

Incorporated2007-10-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Unit 27 Dawley Brook Trading Estate

Stallings Lane

Kingswinford

West Midlands

DY6 7AP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-07

Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TARR, Karen Yvonne→

secretary · appointed 2008-01-31

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Active

TARR, David Paul→

director · ~67y · appointed 2008-01-31

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Active

TARR, Karen Yvonne→

director · ~61y · appointed 2008-01-31

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Active

NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-10-24 · resigned 2008-01-30

Resigned

NOMINEE COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2007-10-24 · resigned 2008-01-30

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD	A registered charge	—	18/01/2018	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	18/07/2014	—
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited	Debenture	1 property	30/04/2009	16/10/2014

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