AAG MANAGEMENT LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06589680 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-12
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£176.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 16.2y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £176,549
Cash YoY
-28%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£4k
↓ 28% YoY
Net Worth
£177k
↑ 4.8% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↑ 3.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £193.6k | £185.6k |
| Current assets | £8.0k | £7.7k |
| Cash | £3.7k | £5.2k |
| Debtors | £4.2k | £2.5k |
| Net assets | £176.5k | £168.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-10📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-10-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2021-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-11-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-11-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-20➕BUITENHUIS, Lynda Mary appointedsecretary
- 2017-04-20➖BUITENHUIS, Lynda Mary resigneddirector
- 2010-03-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2008-05-12🏢Company incorporatedAs AAG MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- 2008-05-12➕BUITENHUIS, Jeremy Anthony appointeddirector
- 2008-05-12➕BUITENHUIS, Lynda Mary appointeddirector
Owner dependency
85/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
68/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Lynda Mary Buitenhuis Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 09/05/2017 |
Mr Jeremy Anthony Buitenhuis Individual · British · DOB 01/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 09/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-05-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70221 — Financial management
Registered office
Sapphire House Cristal Business Centre
Knightsdale Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 4JJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
BUITENHUIS, Lynda Mary→
Activesecretary · appointed 2017-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BUITENHUIS, Jeremy Anthony→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2008-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BUITENHUIS, Lynda Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2008-05-12 · resigned 2017-04-20
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC | Legal and general charge | 1 property | 11/03/2010 | 10/10/2022 |
Recent filings (52 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-11