ADVANCED AERATION LTD
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 17.1y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £347.1k | £312.8k |
| Current assets | £596.4k | £451.8k |
| Cash | £440.4k | £254.8k |
| Debtors | £105.7k | £157.6k |
| Net assets | £317.6k | £254.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-07-01➖HUTAREW, Jan resigneddirector
- 2022-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-01-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-01-29🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2010-02-08➕HUTAREW, Jan appointeddirector
- 2010-02-08➖MCCORMICK, Gregory John resigneddirector
- 2009-05-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2009-05-01➕SAXTON, Paul appointeddirector
- 2009-01-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCED AERATION LTD
- 2009-01-30➕MCCORMICK, Gregory John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanGroup structure
Bio-Bubble Technologies Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bio-Bubble Technologies Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Paul Saxton Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63 | — | — | board controlboard control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Jan Hutarewceased 15/01/2019· board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 05/05/2009 | 29/01/2014 |