AUK DISTRIBUTION LTD

🌳Matureactive

06880754 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-20

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 17.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33200

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

35300SIC 35300

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 17.1y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 17.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 33/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

95 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	3	400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2026-05-06
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-20
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-08-20
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-08-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-13
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CALDERWOOD, Ian appointed
director
2024-08-13
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HART, George appointed
director
2024-08-13
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SKINNER, Pauline resigned
secretary
2024-08-13
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CALDWELL, Chris Jackson resigned
director
2024-08-13
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HIND, Paul resigned
director
2024-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-03
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-20
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-10-20
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Charge satisfied #2
2021-06-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-18
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SKINNER, Pauline appointed
secretary
2020-12-18
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CALDWELL, Chris Jackson appointed
director
2020-12-18
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HIND, Paul appointed
director
2020-11-18
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SKINNER, Pauline appointed
secretary
2020-11-18
➖
SKINNER, Pauline resigned
secretary
2020-11-18
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REAH, Andrew David resigned
director
2019-05-31
➖
JEFFERIES, Keith Coningsby resigned
director
2015-12-31
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LORAINE, Nevison George resigned
director
2013-12-31
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COLE, Roger John resigned
director
2010-12-13
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SMITH, Darryl Mark appointed
director
2010-12-13
➕
COLE, Roger John appointed
director
2010-12-13
➕
JEFFERIES, Keith Coningsby appointed
director
2010-12-13
➕
REAH, Andrew David appointed
director
2009-07-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2009-06-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2009-04-20
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Company incorporated
As AUK DISTRIBUTION LTD
2009-04-20
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LORAINE, Nevison George appointed
director

Owner dependency

60/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

43/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
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

Nhc Holdings (Ne) Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Nhc Holdings (Ne) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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AUK DISTRIBUTION LTD

This company · 06880754

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Nhc Holdings (Ne) Limited Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	13/08/2024
Mr Darryl Mark Smith Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Secon Holdings Limitedceased 13/08/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Andrew David Reahceased 18/12/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Keith Coningsby Jefferiesceased 31/05/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-04-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

37 Atley Business Park

Cramlington

Northumberland

NE23 1WP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-04

Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

CALDERWOOD, Ian→

director · ~55y · appointed 2024-08-13

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HART, George→

director · ~51y · appointed 2024-08-13

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SMITH, Darryl Mark→

director · ~55y · appointed 2010-12-13

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SKINNER, Pauline→

secretary · appointed 2020-12-18 · resigned 2024-08-13

Resigned

SKINNER, Pauline→

secretary · appointed 2020-11-18 · resigned 2020-11-18

Resigned

CALDWELL, Chris Jackson→

director · ~39y · appointed 2020-12-18 · resigned 2024-08-13

Resigned

COLE, Roger John→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-12-13 · resigned 2013-12-31

Resigned

HIND, Paul→

director · ~61y · appointed 2020-12-18 · resigned 2024-08-13

Resigned

JEFFERIES, Keith Coningsby→

director · ~63y · appointed 2010-12-13 · resigned 2019-05-31

Resigned

LORAINE, Nevison George→

director · ~62y · appointed 2009-04-20 · resigned 2015-12-31

Resigned

REAH, Andrew David→

director · ~53y · appointed 2010-12-13 · resigned 2020-11-18

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Deposit agreement to secure own liabilities	1 property	16/07/2009	20/10/2021
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	25/06/2009	—

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Recent filings (95 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-07

replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name

officers · RP01AP01

2026-05-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-02

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-10

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-08-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-08-20

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2024-08-20

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2024-08-20

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2024-08-20

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-08-20

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-08-20

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-08-20

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-08-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2024-06-25