AGGREGATES R US LTD

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06573489 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-22
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
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£5.71M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -72% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 14.2y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,709,907
Cash draining
Cash down 72% YoY
Cash YoY
-72%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£334k
↓ 72% YoY
Net Worth
£5.7m
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£7.8m
↑ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£1.6m£3.1m£4.7m£6.2m£7.8mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£7.06M£5.59M
Current assets£7.81M£5.63M
Cash£334.1k£1.19M
Debtors£6.32M£3.82M
Net assets£5.71M£4.52M

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

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3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  5. 2022-12-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2022-11-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-11-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-11-01
    ROBINSON, Sam Russell Alexander appointed
    director
  9. 2022-10-28
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  10. 2022-10-28
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  11. 2022-09-30
    SHEPHERD, Paul Robert resigned
    director
  12. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-01-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2022-01-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-10-22
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2019-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2013-11-27
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  20. 2013-01-01
    JONES, Mark David resigned
    director
  21. 2012-03-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 2012-02-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  23. 2010-12-17
    ROBINSON, Mark Russell appointed
    director
  24. 2010-12-17
    SHEPHERD, Paul Robert appointed
    director
  25. 2009-03-30
    JONES, Mark David appointed
    director
  26. 2009-03-30
    VALAITIS, Peter Anthony resigned
    director
  27. 2009-03-30
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  28. 2008-09-12
    VALAITIS, Peter Anthony appointed
    director
  29. 2008-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As AGGREGATES R US LTD
  30. 2008-04-22
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

29/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ROBINSON, Sam Russell Alexander (same surname) appointed 2022-11-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

Aru Bagging Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Aru Bagging Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
AGGREGATES R US LTD
This company · 06573489

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aru Bagging Ltd
Corporate entity
5075%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting22/08/2017
Mr Mark Russell Robinson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760

Registered office

Meteor House First Avenue
Doncaster Finningley Airport
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
DN9 3GA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

ROBINSON, Mark Russell
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-12-17
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Active
ROBINSON, Sam Russell Alexander
director · ~34y · appointed 2022-11-01
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Active
JONES, Mark David
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-03-30 · resigned 2013-01-01
Resigned
SHEPHERD, Paul Robert
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-12-17 · resigned 2022-09-30
Resigned
VALAITIS, Peter Anthony
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-09-12 · resigned 2009-03-30
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2008-04-22 · resigned 2009-03-30
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 Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property27/11/2013
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property20/03/2012
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property15/02/2012
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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-12-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-02
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-10-28
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09